Monday, December 10, 2012
should 16 year old drive?
In "Should 16 year old drive?" Ted Gregory explains why or why not 16 year olds should drive. The insurance institute for highway safety researches said that they shouldnt drive at age 16 and they pointed out statistics to prove the position about raising the driving age. Linnea Greci that is 15 and goes to Hinsdale Central High School said, "I dont think it matters what age you are, as long as you have the practice and experience." Illinois enacted teen drivings reforms. It includes " double the number of adult-surpervised hours required behind the wheel to get a driver's lincense." Experts say that teens brains are at a vulnerable point in development. 15 and 16 year olds have their logic reason of an adult. But their social and their emotional development stays immature. Brent Johnston, a driving teacher at Hinsdale says, "I think Illinois has gone the proper way- Reward the kids who do a nice job and penalize the kids who dont. The teens driving issues are not about age maturity as much as they are about making good choices and demonstrating exceptional behavior, whether they start driving at age 16, 17, or 18." I think teeanagers should wait until there 21 to start driving. The rule should be changed. But teenagers should get there permit at age 16 or 18 because I believe that unless were not living with our parents and without a curfew, were still kids and make stupid mistakes and were still learning from them. But if we didnt have any age limit I would say that people should start driving when they are ready and now what there doing and understand the rules of driving.
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You've done some good work summarizing and including details from the article, but you don't have enough of your own opinions and commentary.
ReplyDeleteWhy, for instance, do you think the age should be raised to 21? How will we know when people are ready to drive?
Include less details and more of your own thoughts.
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