I have noticed that an excessive amount of 16 yr. olds try getting their licenses as quickly as possible.
Should people quite capable of taking Public Transportation be able to drive. Considering the large amount of money we average citizens pour into this war?
All the money we pour into car insurance is wasted half of the time.
How exactly do we "EARN" this privilege/right?
I am getting lost in random debates so please answer this.
I don't know about you, but I don't like wasting money on other people... I am just 16 now and I don't think it is right to get a license yet. So your assumption is incorrect. Driving is a privilege, not a right. Rights can not be taken away without due process of the law. Driving can be. Example: If you refuse a Breathalyzer, you can lose your driving privilege.
The privilege is earned by being of age and passing a series of tests.
I don't get the link to the war, unless you are refuring to rising oil costs. That would probably happen anyway do to the industrialization of 3rd world countries increasing the global demand for oil.
The insurance part is dead on. Young drivers make rates universally higher.
I hate paying for other people's mistakes too, but unfortunately that's the system we live in. I believe the Constitution gives us the right to travel unimpeded. However, your assumption is quite correct. Putting a 16 year-old behind the wheel of a car may be seen as an act of maturity, but what good is that maturity if they're not going to be around later on in life to exercise it?
I don't know the exact statistics, but the carnage on our nations highways and roadways caused each year by teenage drivers is enormous.
Personally, I never did understand why someone who's not old enough to vote can drive, but hey- it's America, you know?
Gotta do the "popular thing".
And speaking of voting, I personally think the voting age should be taken back up to 21. How many 18 year -olds do you know that have a firm grasp of the issues? Privilege.
We don't earn the privilege. We are granted it by passing certain tests by the licensing state.
We can lose that privilege if we break the law.
I don't have any idea how you brought the subject of the war into this question or what it's relevance is to your question however I suspect it's why you keep getting "lost in random debates" because you don't stay on the subject.
If you're only 16 how is it that YOU'RE wasting money on other people? Are you mad because your parents won't get you a car and you're relegated to taking public transportation? Its a privilege and a right. We earn the privilege by being able to afford a car, because anyone can pass a driving test. We have the right simply because of the country we live in.
I think those capable of taking public transportation should use it, but again, they do have the right to drive their own car, however selfish it may be. it's a privelage. we earn it by taking/passing the classes and tests, and completing the requirements.
obviously, public transportation is better for the environment and saves money on gas, but that is no reason why someone should be denied the option to drive themselves.
p.s. why do you think it is wrong to get a permit at 16? i plan on it. i'm not going to let other stupid 16 year olds' actions influence my own. no reason to take a young responsible driver off the road because of their PEERS. there are just as many irresponsible adults (well, actually more but the percent is probably about the same) on the road as there are teens. It's a privilege earned by taking a test and proving you can follow rules. If after you have the test you break too many of the rules the privilege may be suspended. It's a privlege because it can be taken away.
I doubt if your points about the age of the new drivers are valid - you didn't complain when you could get a licence at 16, so it would be unfair to change the rules now. its a privilege, i have told many 16 year olds i felt they should not drive til they would older. they are tooooo scary walking and talking It's a priviledge. Because its granted by the state.
A right is that which is due to anyone by just claim. Privilege, consult your *********** social studies book it has a chapter on the Constitution and the bill of rights. Driving is not a right. But any one who complies with the process of getting a license and maintains it by not breaking laws has 'earned' the right to drive. Turning 16 and getting a driving license is similar to turning 21 and having a drink. A right of passage in society. As far as wasting money on others-public money supports public transportation-but I'm at a loss at how the public could ever decide who HAS to use it and the guidelines so that those who are 'perfectly capable' aren't allowed to drive if they do so lawfully. The question of insurance-well that's the nature of the beast. To answer your question and according to my Driver's Ed Handbook from a few years back, driving is a PRIVILEGE. It is not a right because not everyone can do it if they do not follow the proper safety precautions and obey the laws of the road.
I am not sure what average citizens putting money into war has to do with the issue at hand but ok. People should be able to have the option of using public transportation or driving if possible.
Earn the privilege to drive by following the terms by which it takes to receive your permit and license. Even after getting the license, following the laws would help and not getting into too many accidents.
Again, I do not understand your last statement. You have to learn to tie in your sentences together correctly so that they have some concisiveness to them. I guess you are referring to car insurance money? The costs are high and they will only get higher when we have crazy or careless drivers on the road. It is unfortunately part of life and I am not sure how that could be changed. Well I hope I have answered your question. Driving is definitaly a privledge.
You earn this privledge by meeting the requirements. In most cases, must be at least 16 completed a probationary period (driver's permit) with satisfactory performance, passed a standardized driving test, and must have insurance.
In America, we have severely neglected the need for wide spread public transportation. Instead, the government has mostly taken a hands-off approach and allowed the citizens to take care of it themselves. Which means for every person of driving age there is at least one or more cars.
People capable of using public transportation should be able to drive anyway because we are FREE!! In America we don't like it when the goverment tries to tell us what we can and cannot do. That is, as long as it is within the law. In the interest of promoting commerce they allow companies to produce and sell vehicles to anyone. A law that mandates that people capable of using public transportation restrict their rights as to property ownership of a car or to drive it would be fundamentally unconstitutional. The law must be equitable, and that means that everyone should be represented equally regardless of status.
To outlaw some from buying cars and driving them because of their situation would be discriminatory and by definition not equitable. In this case the law would restrict the rights of some, and let alone the rights of others.
If we would place more emphasis on driving defensively/safely and restrict the drivers from paying attention elsewhere could greatly improve insurance rates over a period of time. Also we need to have a zero tolerance toward reckless drivers. Most of them are teens that either do not care or do not have the mental capacity to understand how their actions can affect others, and if we weed them off the road early then it can also have better affects on insurance rates.
Simply put, insurance has risen so high because people, in general, are retarded behind the wheel. 4" tall moms drive Escalades and Suburbans that they can barely see above the wheel much less manuver those beasts, people that are less aware of surroundings are allowed to talk on the phone while aiming a 2 ton chunk of metal down the road @ 40+ mph, and those that believe the speed limits do not apply to them for whatever reason are the reason we pay so much in insurance.
We could all agree that not everyone should be able to drive, but we allow it. Since we do not restrict access to licenses as well as we should then our economy has created its own natural selection process. That is, if you can afford to drive then you will, but if you cannot afford then you don't. | 