The word “excited” doesn’t even begin to express my feelings about getting my driver’s license at the ripe age of sixteen. Back then my family owned a UTV that I would occasionally drive off-road years before I was ever old enough to drive on public roads, so I was confident in my abilities as (more importantly) were my parents. I began to literally count the days until my sixteenth birthday - the day I would come of age to operate a vehicle. When the time finally came, driving was every bit as amazing as I imagined it would be; I felt liberated, independent, and highly responsible. I was no longer restricted to rides from friends, or worse, my parents. Suddenly, people were asking me for rides, which I was always happy to provide - I was always looking for an excuse to drive. Even so, I took driving seriously, especially in the first few months after turning sixteen. It had always freaked me out riding with someone got distracted while driving, whether they were checking their phone, getting lost in a conversation, or even putting on makeup while behind the wheel. I promised …show more content…
I was lucky enough to walk away from the crash with some minor burns and backache, being otherwise unhurt. I was later told that the she spent over a week in the hospital with her injuries. Additionally, she lost her license and was charged with two DUIs pertaining to prescription Percocet.
In arguing for driving safety, I tend not to differentiate between this kind of impairment and distracted driving (such as texting) because they are both conscious decisions. Just as some of my friends choose to text while driving, the driver of the other vehicle chose to drive under the influence of a prescription drug. Not only was my life endangered by their poor decision, but that traumatic experience will likely haunt me for the rest of my
Congratulations on turning fifteen and a half years old! I bet you are excited as I was back when I was fifteen and a half. With earning my Driver’s License, I feel like a more independent (and less dependent) person than if I did not. Knowing this, I knew I had to endure a long tedious process to actually get my license. Obtaining my Driver’s License has provided me with three key components: the freedom, the responsibility, and the dedication.
In this article by Donna St. George, titled “Teens Are in No Rush to Drive,” she writes about teenagers who are waiting to get their driver’s license. Teenagers in this day of age are more busy and have more to do. Be transport from place to place since being a child, teens are use to their parents driving them. With phones, teens have an easy access to the internet which makes them want to get on social media. Along with smartphones and texting that teens don’t need to get into a car and visit friends. With new laws and requirements getting licenses is a lot more complicated and time-consuming. Sixty hours of practice and 300 to 600 dollars for private driving schools. With gas and insurance for the car, it makes driving too much to afford
“Nearly four years ago, Ashley Zumbrunnen 's life was forever changed in the blink of an eye. She was partially paralyzed in a car accident. The reason? She was texting while driving” (7 KTVB.COM). Do you think texting while driving is worth it? I do not think a text is worth a life, if I was her I would have waited to text my husband. Here story goes as follows “I was on my way on my way to work, said Zumbrunnen about the morning of the crash. I took out my cell phone, and I wanted to say 'I love you, have a good day ' to my husband” (7 KTVB.COM). She could have waited to text her husband but instead she decided to send a cute message to her husband causing the following “while typing a text message, she crossed Highway 55 into oncoming traffic. I over-corrected, I lost control of my vehicle, said Zumbrunnen. I felt like I was in a washing machine. Then all of a sudden, I flipped and flew in the air. I felt my body flying in the air” (7 KTVB.COM). Just by watching her video online and hearing her tell us her story makes me want to cry, it is such a sad story that texting and driving can change someone’s life. Who would have ever thought that in a blink of an eye you can go paralyzed or even die for doing such little thing?
It has long been thought that drunk driving was the leading cause of accidents, but the fact is distracted drivers, especially teens, actually cause more accidents. More teens are getting behind the wheel with too many distractions. Things such as cell phones, radios, makeup and even just friends in the car can cause a teen driver to lose focus of the road. According to the a study done by AAA, the top distraction was the use of electronic devices, next was things such as grooming and eating. The surprising find was that the use of electronic devices was found most often in older teens (Smith) and "besides using cell phones and other devices twice as often as teen boys, girls were nearly 10 percent more likely to become distracted while driving. The distractions included reaching for something (nearly 50 percent more likely to do this than the boys) and eating or drinking (nearly 25 percent more likely)." (Smith) Teens do not see...
I got my car right before the beginning of summer. Brand new was not an option so I opted for a shiny-black, used Jeep Liberty. It was not in meant condition, but I was just exstatic as long as it had air conditioning that might just turn my fingers blue with frostbite. I had my car for a total of four months, however, before it became an unsightly crime scene. How did my car get wrecked one might ask? It all boils down to one decision I made. One bad choice could destroy a lot of things, so don’t let people convince you into making rash decisions. That was my mistake, and I'm still paying for it.
September 18th, 2015 my life started to open up and unfold. I bought my own truck and expected not to have too many issues with it the first year or so; what a joke that was all right? Not too far into my new life with freedom with my adventurous truck it breaks down out of nowhere. Crying wasn't an option at this point I needed to get home, I was miles away. Within a month I had issues with the tires, transmission, and an accident.
Being distracted on the road sets a bad example for your children and future children. Children look up to their parents and whatever they do, the kids will think it is alright. No one wants them to grow up making the wrong decision of texting and driving just like the parents or anyone has done.
The physical effects of people texting while driving that is involved in a crash can be deadly...
Vroom….vroom! feeling the acceleration inside you, knowing you're breaking the limit but you don't you taking the risk, feeling the power that's is in your hands. Before you get your license there is a long path and things you need to do before you are able to get one, you need to get your permit first and this allows you to drive but with your parents or a person older than 18 in the car. But even before that you need to go to driving school, You can take this class through your high school or a driving school. What I learned from my brother is taking the class not from school lets you get your permit earlier which lead to getting your license earlier depending on your age.
A driver’s license has played a significant role in the lives of many, if not all Americans in the past hundred years or so. The question now is whether driving and the attainment of a license is still not only significant, but also necessary to many Americans. Over eighty percent of driving age Americans have a driver’s license, few report to regularly use public transportation, and getting from one place to another is still critical, so it appears that they are still quite necessary. I have personally felt the immense pressures to gain a driver’s license and have enjoyed the freedoms that are attained along with one. However, many argue that driving is not as important today as it has in the past, reporting that fewer teens are pursuing a
but she sure did hurt her. Therefore, yes, in my opinion drunk drivers and drivers distracted by smartphones should most definitely have the same
Turning the age of sixteen is a huge step in the life of a teenager. When becoming the age of sixteen a new challenge is brought into that person’s life, and that new challenge is driving a car. But are sixteen year olds ready for this for this task? Some people would say that driving a car can be very problematic for a sixteen year old. Those people are right, sixteen year old should not be driving cars at that age, and just leave it for the people who are eighteen or even older to handle such a task. There are several good reasons why the government should raise the legal driving age to eighteen than leaving it at sixteen.
“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.
Driving a car and obtaining a driver’s license does perhaps seem to provide people with a great sense of independence and freedom. Teenagers need to feel independent in order to learn to become successful on their own as well as realize how to handle life situations on their own, and having a license seems the perfect start and most effective way to do so. When teenagers feel this independence they tend to act more mature, knowing the responsibilities they must now carry on their own (More4Kids). Teenagers often look forward to the freedom that driving offers as well. Teenagers are able to take drives to escape from life’s many stressed, and leave any troubles at home behind without rebelling out against their loved ones.
With my drivers’ license I could pick up my friends without my parents around, making the friend experience a whole lot better. I could go on dates without the embarrassment of my parents driving me. On any given day I could do anything I wanted because I could drive. I could feel the textures of the roads, smell the fresh air when my windows were down, see the beautiful terrain that I drove through and I could hear any type...