Friday, January 26, 2007

Teen Drivers

In the USA Today newspaper today, there is an article on teen drivers. The article says that car (vehicle) crashes are the number one cause of death for 15- to 20- year olds. According to the article, when teens drive, too much is happening in the car: other teens, talking on the cellphone, signing and dancing, speeding, drinking alcohol, and smoking pot. Teens are not experienced drivers and when they have all of this happening inside the car, they cannot pay attention. Many teens are involved in car crashes because of this. Questions - do you think that the age for obtaining (getting) a driver's license should be raised to 18? Have you experienced riding in a car where the driver was not paying attention? What do you think about the information in the article? Does it frighten you?

6 comments:

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Anonymous said...

Hi, my option for the age to get driver's license. We dont need to change any laws for get driver's license. Because, NOT all teens always careless during they are driving. Some of teens do follow rules. So, I think that we dont need to change any laws about get driver's license.
I never have any experienced to riding in the car with someone else who was not paying attention. I dont know what it look like...
About this article... Well, many teens tend to speeding, drinking, etc. Because they think that they are cool, try to show off to someone else, etc. But, that is compelete wrong. Many teens should know better about laws. But, many teens do know about laws but they igrone the laws and want to show someone else that I am cool or strong or unfearable, etc...
That might frighten me, because, it is never know. It may happen in someday. Our life is unpredictable. It is impossible to predict. Something could happen very fast. What if my friend was do same thing what the article say. You just cant know if it will happen to you. Be careful what you are thinking...

Anonymous said...

Hey, my option for the age to driver's license. We don't need change a laws to get driver's license because all teenagers always be dopey during they are driving but some teenagers follow a rules. So, that my option.
Well, I never have any exprience with someone is crazy, drug, not pay attention. I will care with my future. Be careful.
Well, many teenager crash car from speeding or drugs. They think that they is cool,best people in world but they do thing is very WRONG. It is very stupid decision or choose. Many teenagers must follow a laws and know better about that but they ingore a laws to show aother people make fell in them.Unfortunaaly, they will aresst for SURE. That their fault because they choose wrong thing.
That make me panic if that will happen in my future but I will care about my future. I think that is IMPOSSIBLE in our life but maybe our life will be became biggest problem to be death. I will became worry in my life becuase if my best friend has same problem as that then i will became worse cry.
Please be careful in your life. Don't think that is IMPOSSIBLE.

Anonymous said...

Hello, I am agree with both. All of you are not experienced to riding in the car. Be careful, I was experience to riding in the car with my father. I was little a bit nervous to riding, for i was little lose control from brake and shfit, too. But I will be learning more later, and used to control driver.
So, I let you know that news. The boy was, 18 year old, died in the crash. He was driver so seriously injured during a single-car crash on Route 3 west in Lexington Friday night. Because he use alcohol is believed to have been a factor. If you will be 21 year old get drink alcohol. No matter you never drink alcohol during driver!

Germany #54 said...

World is not funny! Teen driver tend have lot of accident this year. If I join with my friend and she/he fool around while she/he drives so Iwill mad them. It will be happen crash and kill. If people want be stay alive so. They should be careful drive and not fool around. If i drive, i will be serious and it is not happen. this year, teenage rate is high, crash than older man/ woman. They should be serious and this drive car for need to get food shore or work. Out of real world is not funny, it is not game or something like that. Car is very dangerous, it could kill you some day. Real World is for fun? No, it is seriosu time and people should care about being alive and loved. There is no time for fool around with life. People only have one life, there is no going back. The time is going foward, dont fool around with car.