Day 2

Day 2: something that’s illegal but you think it should be legal...

So I am not quite sure on the specifics for this one but I am going to get into a somewhat more serious debate rather than choosing the easy way out by saying it is silly to make buying a TV set without a license illegal...instead I have chosen a bit more of a contraversial topic. So especially if you are 16 or under, just bear with me and hear me out. In the US, it is legal for you to drive once you are 16 years old. I would like to propose that this should in fact be illegal. I guess I am sort of flipping the question around a bit, taking something legal and saying it should be illegal but its fine, they're similar enough. My reason is simple, 16, that is incredibly young and we are giving these youngsters the full and utter power of a powerful, and potentially dangerous to you and others, car. It is easy to make mistakes and teens can also be caught up in the glamour of driving....my proposal is to wait until they turn say 18 for example as this is an appropriate age and at this point it is not the parent's responsibility to lift them anymore whilst at 16 is still is. Now I am 17 and so this is clearly not a bias opinion, if we get past the fact that obviously the majority fo us want to drive as soon a spossible and we think about it logically, it makes sense to wait as long as possible. Lets make a hypothetical example here....say the average person we are talking about here, lives a life of 80 years...in their entire life, think how incredibly young 16 is! So those extra two years to wait will do them nothing but good....give them some more time to enjoy the lust of being a 'child'.... my question is simple. Why not wait? 

Chat tomorrow 

- Caity xx