Reflection Essay, about my 3 essays, i need it today night 12:00 am!!

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Omar Alhallak

Dylan Travis

Composition 1

April 30, 2017

Teenage Driving

Many studies regarding teenage driving have presented several arguments presently and in the past. As much as many are against teenage driving, some support teenage drivers. Many teenagers always dream of owning a car. In most developed countries many grandparents, parents, and capable members of the family are likely to buy for a teenager or even a young child in a car. Some are usually presents offered in the form of appreciation to the kid. This is why most teens want to drive without considering the consequences that may occur to them. It is known that many teenagers are mostly inexperienced when it comes to driving a car alone. Nonetheless, a lot of people support teenage driving as it can be helpful when one’s car stops working late night. This paper is going to discuss both sides of teenagers driving.

First of all, teenage driving is not okay, and there is need to develop legislations that prohibit teens from moving cars on the American roads. To begin with, insurance companies consider it as a dangerous idea to provide a coating for cars driven by the young drivers (Schultz, 2010). This kind of fear emanates from the doubts the insurance companies tend to have over the youth bearing their judgmental abilities. Insurance companies claim that teenagers have low judgmental power and can make wrong decisions to cause avoidable accidents (Schultz, 2010). This avoidance makes insurance companies charge high premiums on a car driven by teenagers, and this becomes expensive and unaffordable to some families (Cummings et al. 2012).

Secondly, even though insurance charges for cars driven by teenagers tend to vary with school grades of particular teenagers. Insurance premiums costs on bright students who obtained good grades in schools are likely to be lower than their correspondent who got low grades. This kind of treatment of teenagers wanting to drive is discriminatory and constitutionally unexpected (Cummings et al. 2012). It would be better to block teenage driving instead of exercising unfair favors extended in lines of academic performance. This criterion used by insurance companies of charging little value on teenagers who have better grades is egotistic and tricky. On the other hand, some teenagers may have low school grades but have excellent physical and judgmental ability that enables them to take care on the road.

Another reason why young people should not drive relates to high risks of teenagers to involve in deadly accidents. In facts, statistics confirm that accidents that are caused by teen drivers contain the greatest percentage of accidents reported in America. According to statistics from CDC (2012), seven teens died every day from road accidents that majorly involved ten driving in 2010. CDC (2012) adds that per every mile, young drivers in the age group between 16 and 19 years are more likely to involve in a deadly car crash than those above 20 years. Road murder statistics gathered in 2010 indicates that 2700 teens between 16 and 19 years died in traffic accidents where drivers were teenagers. The deaths, about 282000 of teenagers, got hurt in serious injuries from car crashes that necessitated their admission in emergency departments.

Conversely, there are various reasons for supporting young drivers on the road. Many teenagers are blessed to have a car at a very early age, and this drives them to struggle and get behind the wheels. Regarding eyesight, teenagers have greater vision compared to the old experienced drivers. The excellent vision helps them to see small things from far that may have been difficult for an older person to see. This allows them to stay away from some cases of getting into accidents. Additionally, young people have better reactions that are remarkably essential for quick response in the event of anything. Better reflexes allow teenagers to respond quickly to braking. It is noteworthy that eye examination is mandatory, and any corrective eye ought to be brought to the test. Driving using glasses is also recommended, but teenagers without eye problems are better placed regarding good eyesight. It is essential to wear sunglasses where necessary. Many old people are prone to forgetting their glasses and that makes them vulnerable in the roads while driving (Schultz, 2010).

Teenagers are highly flexible and are likely to very quick decisions while driving. For instance, a teenager will easily make quick, informed decisions as compared to many old and experienced drivers. Teens stand a chance of not forgetting about the basics of driving since their minds are still fresh (Schultz, 2010). Many opponents of teenage drivers discuss that it is important to increase the driving age to avoid accidents caused by young drivers. It is necessary to increase the age; however, raising the age is a way of punishing teen drivers for the faults of few of their peers. People must accept that not all young drivers are behind the several accidents on most roads. This is why before blaming a teenager of causing an accident; everyone must uphold the principle of “Innocent until proven guilty.”

Those who are opposing teen driving base their claims on the statistics, which shows that adults are infrequently to get into accidents than teenagers. Conversely, they fail to admit that a very high percentage of adults also cause accidents. If the opportunity of the teenagers got denied are denied the opportunity to start driving when they are still young, it becomes clear that they will at some point desire to drive but it will be too late. The human brain works on a stage that will allow an individual to only master some things when they are young (CDC., 2012). It is probably why raising driving age or not allowing the teenagers from driving is likely to cause a lot of challenges to the lives of most youths.

In conclusion, it is right for teens to have driving licenses. The experience of driving a car and being a new driver is usually good, and many teens enjoy. The best program is one that demands a graduated driving license (GDL) system that allows teenagers, novice drivers to sharpen their skills before earning full driving privileges. It is essential to introduce teens to driving in low-risk situations and lifting the restrictions to grant them greater responsibility. Conversely, for teenagers to understand a complex and numerous messages, they require a lot of time. This means that teens will continue processing the information even when driving, a practice that can compromise their concentration on the road and get them to accidents. To this end, it is essential to change the policies and the structures of driver education to meet the demands of technological advancements. Many teenagers with technical know-how are likely to use a data-driven and research based driver education program to become excellent drivers.

References

Zhu, M., Cummings, P., Chu, H., Coben, J., Li, G. (2012). Graduated licensing and motor vehicle crashes involving teenage drivers: an age-stratified meta-analysis. Morgantown, WV: Department of Community Medicine and Injury Control Research Center, West Virginia University

Schultz, J. (2010). The Cost of Insuring Teenage Drivers. Retrieved April 30, 2017from: http://bucks.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/01/the-cost-of-insuring-teenage-drivers/

CDC. (2012). Teen Drivers: Fact Sheet. Retrieved April 30, 2017, from http://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/teen_drivers/teendrivers_factsheet.html