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Teen Driving Persuasive Speech

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A parent or adult cannot deny that getting their real driver license for the first time is exciting! As a teen you certainly spend most of the time driving with your friends hanging out, and doing anything that comes to your mind. But honestly what are teens doing before they get their official license and progress forward in life. Are they getting around without any accidents happening(or sadly even deaths)! Are most teens safely driving before they get their driver’s license and are they prepared for what’s on the roads? Of course teens have to take their classes before they can really start driving.So how are the classes not enough, or why are the teachers not teaching them ways to prevent real accidents on the roads? According to “Teen …show more content…

Basically summing it all up, parents are the teachers from the beginning. Children are always watching what’s going on, therefore parents should be mindful that they are setting the tone for how their teen will drive. The driving class is an added benefit and will provide more training for teen drivers.. What do you think about teens driving safely? "Teen Driving." Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection, Gale, 2015. Opposing Viewpoints in Context, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/PC3010999177/OVIC?u=j043905051&xid=6acb8945. Accessed 26 Jan. 2018. This information was about how teen crashing is happening a lot in the United States due to, the lack of experience they grasp. It also gave information about how parents, could help their teens learn more about driving from them. This is relevant because, it helps show how teens are out on the roads not safely driving. Johnston, Lori. "Federal Graduated Driver Licensing Would Reduce Teen Crashes." Teen Driving, edited by Michele Siuda Jacques, Greenhaven Press, 2013. At Issue. Opposing Viewpoints in Context, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ3010521219/OVIC?u=j043905051&xid=6ee7416f. Accessed 29 Jan. 2018. Originally published as "Federal Driver's Licensing Bill Seeks to Put the Brakes on Teen Auto Accidents,", …show more content…

It also, talks about how the program makes a decrease in teen crashes or deaths. This is relevant because, it makes up the opposing argument on teens safely driving. Pittman, Genevra. "Graduated Driver Licensing Fails to Reduce Fatal Crashes." Teen Driving, edited by Michele Siuda Jacques, Greenhaven Press, 2013. At Issue. Opposing Viewpoints in Context, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ3010521220/OVIC?u=j043905051&xid=d8f9cd2d. Accessed 25 Jan. 2018. Originally published as "Teen Driving Restrictions Show Mixed Results: 16-Year-Olds Had Fewer Crashes, but 18-Year-Olds Had 12 Percent More, Study Finds,", 13 Sept. 2011. This article is relevant because, it supports the main argument that the program has failed to keep many teens safe. Even though teens age 16 and 17 were safe by restrictions, once you became 18 there restrictions were lifted. This put an increase in deaths for teens age

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