Running header: RAISING THE DRIVING AGE
Raising the driving age
Sandy
COMM 215
January 2007
Raising the Driving Age
Should the age to receive a driver’s license be raised and, if not, should graduated licensing be instituted? This is a growing question across America. The percentage of teenage accidents involving automobiles is on a constant rise. Whether caused by the lack of experience or under the influence of alcohol, death has become all too common among teen motorists. This problem is not going to go away by itself; action needs to be taken.
Turning the age of sixteen is a huge step in the life of a teen. I myself remember when I turned of age and got my drivers license and than my own children turned of age and received theirs. When becoming the age of sixteen a new challenge is brought into a person’s life, the task of driving a car. But are sixteen year olds ready for this task?
Driving a car is a task that should only be taken on by......
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