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    Driving is a fun particularly for the teenagers. They take it as a source of entertainment and thrill. Young people usually associate driving with speed. According to a study, “Teens have the highest rate of traffic accidents as compared to any other group. Should driving age be raised to twenty one or not has long been a debatable issue. It is a fact that twenty one years old would likely treat driving with more responsibility and respect as compared to a teenager who would take it as a source of

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    question has been asked," Should Virginia increase its legal driving age to 18, up from age 16?" As a teenager having many friends whose ages fall within the stated age range and because I am well aware of how my peers act, including myself, I totally agree that the legal age for driving should be increased to age 18. I believe that the typical teenager is not mature or responsible enough to handle the demands of safe and defensive driving. My grandmother and her friends often brag about having

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    really wanna be locked up at your house until you're 18 just because you can't drive yet. The driving age should not be raised it should stay at 16, teens that are sixteen years old should be able to start driving. The first time behind the wheel, with no parents, just you and the car. Of course, kids will have to be more careful, and more responsible while driving. The reasons why I say that the driving age shouldn't change is because kids in high school are in sports or in after-school activities

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    Should the legal age of driving be sixteen? No I don’t believe that a sixteen-year-old needs a license. I believe that the minimum age should be seventeen and that a teen still shouldn’t be able to drive after eight at night. There are more wrecks with injuries or even deaths that involve teens than that of non-teens. The reason that I believe that it is correct is because that you constantly are hearing that there has been a wreck and more often than not it is involving a teen driver. Sometimes

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    it's time for everyone to get there license and some get their permit. I feel like the driving age should not be raised because once we are older then we will be more scared to get on the road and drive. From my perspective, I feel scared to drive even though i have my permit, its really difficult for me to get on the freeway. Our permit is a way for us to learn and as we grow wiser we will be mature and take driving as a responsibility. As we grow mature we are able to get the license so we can be

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    minimum driving age is beneficial, research shows that the amount of fatal crashes involving 15 to 20-year-old drivers has decreased over the past 10 years. If it is raised, it would not help anything. Teens would still drive around at night… just illegally. Teens are busy all the time. If they cannot drive they have to rely on someone else all the time to take them where they need to be. Also, getting a driver’s license is a big step in growing up as a teenager. The minimum driving age has been

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    Driving ages throughout the United States vary state by state. In South Dakota, to obtain a license you only have to be 14 years and three months old. In New Jersey, you have to be 17 years old, but throughout the United States it is pretty consistent that you have to be 16 years old to get a license. Along with a license come many freedoms for a teenager, but also many restrictions. Restrictions such as the times allowed to drive and the amount of passengers allowed in the car are set in place throughout

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    For safety concerns, many states have increased the age at which teens can begin to drive. My state legislature is considering raising the driving age to 16 to 18. I think this is a horrible idea. How can employed teens get to work? How can some teens get to school? Teens like me have to drive home from practice every day. Everybody cannot ride with their parents because they’re busy. This is a bad idea because how can teens that are employed go to work. I don’t have a job but other teenagers are

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    Driving Age To 18

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    Raise the driving age to 18 BAM! CRASH! Another accident has happened! A teen has wrecked! Should teens start driving at age 18? In “Should the Driving Age Be Raised to 18?” 50 states prohibit 16-year-olds from drinking alcohol,buying cigarettes,and purchasing handguns.Between 1995 and 2004,there were 30,917 fatalities in accidents that involved 15 to 17 year old drivers.One-third of the deaths were teen drivers themselves. The rest the teens struck were pedestrians,passengers,and people in the

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    Driving Age Drivers

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    800 to 3,300, a 13% decrease over that time period. The decrease in deaths at a younger age is important because it supports and reflects the improvement in the driving skills of younger drivers. The driving age should stay the same because the number of fatalities in car crashes has decreased for the past few decades. Younger drivers wait to start driving a few years later which causes less crashes at young ages, and graphs from associations are proving how it’s changed over a ten-year period. Nationwide

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