The idea behind the rule ‘no pass/no drive’ is to help encourage high schoolers to get and maintain good grades and attendance by taking their privilege of driving away if they don’t. However, it doesn’t seem like the best way to go. If this law were to pass in California, there would be more problems than solutions. High schoolers would have trouble getting to destinations (jobs) they need to get to, there would be no tutoring offered, and it would actually only help a very few amount of students.
One of the effects this law would have on students is it would make getting to students’ jobs, or just places in general more burdensome. Like Goins stated in the article, “ ‘If they have a job, they don’t want to depend on someone else to pick them up and drop the off’ ‘’ (6). For the majority of students, this is true. Even if they wanted to ‘not be dependant’, it might not be possible, since their parents are working or they can’t take public transportation. The only other option they could have is driving to their destination instead. However, they wouldn’t be able to do that, considering the school had taken away their driver’s license because they had a bad grade, which could be fixed with
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There have been only a handful of studies that were taken in places with the ‘no pass/no drive’ law. In those places, the studies had shown that it actually only helped a few students. In the article, it was written that, “In Tennessee, Heidi Ables, the guidance director at McMinn High School, said that her state’s ‘no pass/no drive’ law has encouraged at least a couple of teenagers to pay more attention school” (6). ‘At least a couple of teenagers’ is not what this law was intended to help. It wanted to help all the students, or at least the majority. However, since it doesn’t seem to help , why put it in place? If it isn’t actually doing anything, really, there is no
Through out the years teenagers have been driving without a license. In this century teenagers are decreasing to get their license (Teens getting their driver license. (n.d.). Retrieved November 1, 2013, from ). Teenagers tend to think that just because they know how to pump gas press the brakes and rea...
Most if not all teens look forward to several events in their life. One of those events are getting a driver's license. This small piece of plastic is their ticket to freedom. This ticket is more than just freedom to be able to drive their friends around but also freedom from the ritual of their parents having to drive them everywhere and embarrass them in public. Also this is a freedom to the parents as well they may save more on gas from not having to drive their children around. However, some teens are not as safe as they possibly could be if they were to take a few steps to promote good driving habits. This is evident in the article “Teen Driving”, as the author gives the reader teen driving statistics, as well as explanations of programs and steps that can improve teen driving.
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instituted to protect drivers on the road. With these laws come lawbreakers who put their
Having a driver's license means responsibility. I have always been hesitant to get a license and still am a bit because I know how much responsibility comes with one. Firstly, a car is quite dangerous. When driving a car, mistakes can be very costly, and the driver has to be well trained in order to handle those mistakes, or better yet, not make them. Secondly, there is a lot that goes into owning a car. You have to get it fueled, inspected, and keep good care of it. Having a car is almost like having a pet fish. You don't need to give it full attention, but you need to make sure it doesn't die. There is a lot of responsibility financially as well. You have to pay for things like insurance
The driving age should not be raised to 18 years old because teenagers have responsibilities to be go to certain places, if teenagers learn to drive early on in life they will be more comfortable driving and cautious when they get older, and an opposing view point is that teenager’s reflexes are not fully developed or equipped to safely handle an accident. II. Teenagers have responsibilities to be go to certain places. A. Teenagers normally have responsibilities to go to places like sport practices, band meetings or even school meetings. B. Teenagers should be able to drive themselves so they do not miss their activity because they have no one to take them.
In the 1990's teens would get full licensing and all privileges with little or no testing at all. It wasn’t until 1995 when around twenty states required a learning permit, but the system was still very weak, as teens only had to keep their permit for two to three weeks. But somehow, teen drivers are not as dangerous as they are today. Experts say it is mostly because of deadly distractions in and out of the vehicle (Boulard 38). In 2003, teenagers topped the charts with ten teenagers dying each day in a motor vehicle; that's over thirty-six hundred kids dying because of weak, bendy laws that are meant to protect them....
Technology continues to advance our country significantly. One such example of this is the technology of self-driving cars. Self-driving cars are the future, offering the potential to save thousands of lives and billions of dollars. Creating social advantages for the blind, children, those with missing limbs and the elderly, these benefits could save so many lives and continue to advance our technology. We should permit self-driving cars in the United States as they will decrease human error, allow mobility for the disabled, and be more efficient for our environment.
My book is called, “Ask Me No Questions”, it’s about a family of Muslims experiencing traumatizing events. For instance, one of them was that their father or Abba was detained after trying to apply for asylum in Canada. Nadira and Aisha were obligated to live with their Aunt and Uncle because her mother was taken to a shelter. Additionally, they later received news that their father might be deported as a result, this book is written in a serious tone. I wouldn’t call this book hilarious because the topic that is being explained is serious, 9/11 isn’t a matter to joke about, in that case, this book isn’t ludicrous. I believe this book was written mostly serious because the aspects were associated with events that didn’t make the reader laugh.
Since operating a motor vehicle after consuming alcohol is a crime, suspending someone’s driver license the first time they are convicted of this crime should be enforced in all states. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported that in 2016 there were 10,497 fatalities in motor vehicle traffic crashes involving drivers with BACs of .08 g/dL or higher. Passing this law might help to decrease deaths and make motorists mindful of the consequences of driving while being under the influence of alcohol.
...eir brains are underdeveloped which can cause problems to make good decisions on the road, and some may be easily distracted while using technology like cells phones. Some legislators would suggest that they should extend the driver permit and make the written test harder for teens to pass.
As expected, most if not all teens will disagree with that. But there are some safe teen drivers that are thrown into the bad teen driving category just because they are a teenager that drives. If there are some good teen drivers, then do all teens really need more drivers education? Samantha Williams is a senior at Winchester Community High School that has an answer to this question. “I do consider myself to be a safe driver. I’m always aware of my surroundings when I’m driving, and I always stay away from any distractions” (Question 1). She is intentionally aware of her surroundings and stays focused while driving. The government should not make more regulations and rules for all teen drivers when there are many teen drivers like Samantha on the roads. There are even some adults that believe not all teen drivers are bad drivers. Gregory explains, “ The teen driving issues are not about age and maturity as they are about making good choices and demonstrating exceptional behavior, whether they start that driving experience at 16, 17, or 18” (1). Many teens and parents seem to think the government has not made the best decisions recently when it comes to
Reckless driving is extremely dangerous and is considered to be anyone who is driving with carelessness and/or who has no regard for the safety of others on the road. Reckless driving is considered to be a misdemeanor. A misdemeanor is a criminal act that is less severe then receiving a felony. Your punishments are also not as severe as penalties. Penalties for reckless driving include fines of up to $1,000, jail time, getting your parole revoked, two points on your driving record, insurance rates to go up, insurance can be cancelled and/or license suspension. Reckless driving includes speeding, not using signals, not using your headlights, disregarding traffic signs and signals, distracted driving, drag racing, and using a cell/smartphone while driving. In some cases a DUI can be deemed a “dry reckless”, which means the person was driving with disregard for others on the road. This charge is less serious then a DUI charge. If you have been pulled over for DUI and believe that it could be reduced to a “dry reckless” you should contact an attorney right away. Drag racing or a speed co...
“Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time,” said by Steven Wright. Teenagers look forward to their sixteenth birthday so they are able to drive. Everyone has felt that feeling where they can hardly wait to get behind the wheel and start driving. Little do people know teen drivers are more likely to die from a car accident than from a homicide, suicide, or cancer combined (Littlefield). They are mostly inexperienced with the road and how to handle distractions. If the age were moved to eighteen teenagers would have more driving experience (Sostarecz). Teenage drivers are extremely eager to drive because of freedom, but they are not aware of the distractions and peer pressure on the road; their experience of driving is not as well as others and statistics show how many deaths are caused due to teenage driving.
In addition to teenagers gaining independence and freedom with a license, parents also gain more freedom as well. Teenagers who cannot drive rely heavily on parents, siblings, and other people to chauffeur them around. Not only does this cost more for the driver, ...