Teenagers and the Driving Law
Dear Journal,
The driving age for teenagers in the state of Virginia should have never changed from an even sixteen years of age to sixteen years and three months. At the age of sixteen, teenagers are perfectly capable of understanding the road and its rules. An extra three months is not going to change anything in the long run. Having to hold your permit for nine months is also ridiculous. All my friends and I were fine getting our driver’s licenses at sixteen why shouldn’t the kids today be bale to do the same? It is not fair for the teenagers today to have different rules of being allowed to drive than those in the past.
At the age of sixteen teenagers are responsible enough to drive. Teenagers can get a worker’s permit at fifteen and the average sixteen year old works at least fifteen hrs of week. So, these teenagers should not be stripped of their privilege of being able to drive at sixteen when it is almost necessary. This helps with parents as well, especially for children with younger siblings, who apparently are responsible enough to help with the siblings and in turn reliable enough to be on the road.
Aside form holding a job teenagers are in school and have that responsibility as well and so being as prepared for driving as they, having to wait three extra months to obtain a driver’s license is just preposterous. What difference is three months really making? There is no way it would make a difference. People just assume teens need to get off the road more and want to postpone it as much as humanly possible without disrupting a large amount of the public’s lives. Three months will make as much difference as having to wait nine months to even try to get your permit.
Every teenager, under the age of eighteen in Virginia, already has to take the driver’s education course, both in the classroom and on the road and if she passes then she is apparently ready to drive. Most teenagers are more prepared for driving than most adults are, who are not required to take any of these courses before obtaining a driver’s license. There should be no other circumstances about how many months to wait to be able to drive. Why should teenagers have to go through so many other things just to be able to get behind the wheel? It is all just a matter of whether or not you have the ability to drive. It shouldn’t be about age and when you do concentrate on age this much then you are guilty of ageism.
The law for the teenage driving age should be changed immediately, so that no other teenagers should have to live their lives differently of it. If a teenager moves to Virginia they may end up waiting up to an extra year just to be able to drive. Teenage driving is not about having fun cruising or anything as adults may perceive, it is just about giving all teenagers, with responsible ones in mind, the privilege of being able to drive to school and hold a decent job if needed. The Virginia driving law is unreasonable; teenagers are people too with goals and are as capable of driving as anyone else.
The driving age for teenagers in the state of Virginia should have never changed from an even sixteen years of age to sixteen years and three months. At the age of sixteen, teenagers are perfectly capable of understanding the road and its rules. An extra three months is not going to change anything in the long run. Having to hold your permit for nine months is also ridiculous. All my friends and I were fine getting our driver’s licenses at sixteen why shouldn’t the kids today be bale to do the same? It is not fair for the teenagers today to have different rules of being allowed to drive than those in the past.
At the age of sixteen teenagers are responsible enough to drive. Teenagers can get a worker’s permit at fifteen and the average sixteen year old works at least fifteen hrs of week. So, these teenagers should not be stripped of their privilege of being able to drive at sixteen when it is almost necessary. This helps with parents as well, especially for children with younger siblings, who apparently are responsible enough to help with the siblings and in turn reliable enough to be on the road.
Aside form holding a job teenagers are in school and have that responsibility as well and so being as prepared for driving as they, having to wait three extra months to obtain a driver’s license is just preposterous. What difference is three months really making? There is no way it would make a difference. People just assume teens need to get off the road more and want to postpone it as much as humanly possible without disrupting a large amount of the public’s lives. Three months will make as much difference as having to wait nine months to even try to get your permit.
Every teenager, under the age of eighteen in Virginia, already has to take the driver’s education course, both in the classroom and on the road and if she passes then she is apparently ready to drive. Most teenagers are more prepared for driving than most adults are, who are not required to take any of these courses before obtaining a driver’s license. There should be no other circumstances about how many months to wait to be able to drive. Why should teenagers have to go through so many other things just to be able to get behind the wheel? It is all just a matter of whether or not you have the ability to drive. It shouldn’t be about age and when you do concentrate on age this much then you are guilty of ageism.
The law for the teenage driving age should be changed immediately, so that no other teenagers should have to live their lives differently of it. If a teenager moves to Virginia they may end up waiting up to an extra year just to be able to drive. Teenage driving is not about having fun cruising or anything as adults may perceive, it is just about giving all teenagers, with responsible ones in mind, the privilege of being able to drive to school and hold a decent job if needed. The Virginia driving law is unreasonable; teenagers are people too with goals and are as capable of driving as anyone else.
posted by Heather @ 9/01/2004 03:15:00 PM
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