Rhetorical Theory and Practice
The purpose of this paper is to provide a confirmation as to why students should not receive their driver license until they have graduated from high school. It is my contention that it is not sensible to allow teens to obtain their driver license until they finish high school. Then, upon graduation, the individual will be eligible to receive and mature enough to be responsible driving an automobile.
First Basis of Fact for Confirmation:
Teens that are still in high school should not be allowed the burden of the responsibility that is entailed in holding a license to drive and further should not be allowed to drive without a parent or guardian in the vehicle. It is true that maturity varies quite a bit at this point in an individuals life, and further females do tend to mature faster than their male counterparts, however, with the rate of high school dropouts growing to a larger proportion of students each and every year. It is my contention that withholding the students privilege of holding a license to drive until the student is in receipt of a high school diploma is a great method for inspiring individuals to complete their high school education.
II. Statistics Speak Clearly:
Statistics show that teenagers have the highest crash risk among all groups of drivers. The problem is the worst among drivers that are sixteen years old. As one can easily see from looking at the following table (Table 1.0) the risks for fatal crashes are extremely high among those that are age 16. At the age of 16 three categories are listed, driver speeding and driver error. Eighty-five percent of the time, fatal crashes was due to the driver making an error and 37% of the time the driver was speeding in the age 16 group. In the age group 17 to 19 driver error was a factor in 78% of all fatal crashes and speeding was a factor 34% of the time. As is clearly demonstrated in Table 1.0 drivers age 20 or beyond have a much lower instance of driver error being a contributing factor.
Conclusion:
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