Driver's education

Throughout life everyone is faced with challenging obstacles that they have to overcome, sadly I learned this for myself sooner than most. In October of 2012 I became a licensed driver in the state of Virginia. I was your typical sixteen year old boy with plans on taking road trips, modifying my car to increase its performance, and planning on never riding the school bus again. In three short months my world was turned upside down and I never thought it would be right again. It was December…

is a privilege, individuals can lose their privilege of driving. However, elderly people should not be excluded from having a driver’s license because of their age if they pass the written test, driving test, and eye exam set by the state of Iowa. Elderly people need to get to appointments and other places too. Therefore, age should not factor in being able to have a driver’s license. Should elderly people be able to drive? This is a big debate that seems like it never gets answered. For those…

My First Car As people grow, they start to do new things, learn new things, and say new things. One of the biggest thing that anyone to everyone will do once they become teenagers is drive. Not every teenager gets the chance to drive at first. Some people don’t get to drive until they are older than twenty-one. Driving in todays’ society is either a necessity or just something people want to do. First time driving can go a few different ways. Some people can be scared, while others can be…

A topic which causes a lot of controversy is raising the legal driving age. In America, teenagers can start driving before they are even able to vote, drink alcohol or smoke. In my opinion, although not every 16-year-old may be a dangerous driver, there are people who don’t take any precautions when driving so, therefore, raising the driving age would put things at ease by making the public a lot safer. There are many advantages of raising the legal driving age. One main advantage would be that…

When one is young and inexperienced, usually things are harder to do and easier to mess up. This is why young drivers often times get a bad reputation for being bad drivers and therefore get higher insurance policy rates. Insurance companies believe that teenagers and young adults easily get distracted from their driving by music, cell phones, or their friends. This is why searching for the best car insurance for young drivers is not easy. Car insurance for young drivers is usually at a high…

Young drivers, and even older ones, cause many fatal accidents; raising the minimum age at which people can drive might reduce this, but is it a benefit to society, and are the statistics true? We can help lower the accident rates if the driving age is raised to 18 so no more kids can get hurt or killed in a accident on the freeway or by another car crashing into their car if we raise the driving age it will be safer for the young and old drivers. Statistics have shown that 15% of all accident…

Sometime in the next fifteen years, everything will change. Today, receiving a driver’s license is a big ordeal, teens must go through hours of lectures and take a rigorous driving test to receive their license. Soon, cars being led only by technology will roam the streets while their passengers text, read, or sleep. Google has predicted that by around 2020 their automatic cars will hit the market. (Luckerson) Some people are opposed to this idea however, as they believe it is unsafe to let…

Ever since I was a little child I could not wait until I was 16. I did not care about being 15 or 17 I always wanted to be 16. Turning 16 meant hanging out at the mall, being able to buy whatever I wanted, being a big kid and most importantly being able to drive. I always wanted to drive. To me driving seemed like the most exicting thing in the world. I could go wherever, whenever I wanted. Since my birthday is in the middle of july, it felt like everybody could drive but me. My friends would…

The editorial “Making Texting While Driving Look Unacceptably Stupid” explains that distracted driving can be a life altering route that drivers do not want to travel down. In this editorial it explains how the National Highway Traffic Safety report tells that 87 percent of drivers will admit to risky behaviors that include distracted driving. Distracted driving can be anything that allows a person to take their hands off the wheel for a second. With a second a disaster could happen at any…

Car accidents have become the most common way for teens to die. This is all due to distractions in the car. There are many reasons on why a driver could be distracted. Some of these reasons include changing the radio station, talking to passengers, eating, drinking, being sleepy and using a cell phone. Most teens today have cell phones, which is one of the biggest distraction. A person may be walking down the hall and feel their phone vibrate, so they pull it out and respond to the text…