Responsibility Behind the Wheel- Editorial Section (Satire)

The government should ponder on the idea of lowering the driving age as a benefit for teens worldwide. The state is currently waiting for teens to get too old before getting behind the wheel. They believe teens are not mature enough to drive safely but the truth is they are. The following article expresses well the opinion of those who disagree with lowering the driving age. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/10/national/main4433994.shtml.

Teenagers living in our time period are very careful and don’t give into peer pressure. They remain firm and stand for what they believe in. Teens don’t find alcohol enticing and would rather say home and sleep than go out to a party. That is why there is such a small amount of drunk driver’s accidents taking place. This should be an excellent reason why they should receive the privilege of getting behind the wheel at an earlier age. The same article listen earlier also emphasizes great points on the opinions of those who believe the driving age should be lowered. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/10/national/main4433994.shtml

Kids today are much more responsible than some well grown adults. Adults are losing their sight way too fast; they have too much stress to deal with and are causing numerous accidents on the road. Grown adults are having trouble reaching the speed limit now a day and are slowing down the driving on the road. Adults are getting old way too fast and this is affecting their driving as well.

They can barely see over the wheel and this makes it difficult for them too see when the car before them has stopped. Their excessive Alzheimer issue is leading them to forget what they must travel with on the road. Many of them are forgetting their glasses and they accelerate when the light is red and they stop when the light is green.
Most of the times, adults even forget to bring their license with them, a young adult would never do such thing. Teens deserve the right to start driving; they are very responsible and know how to distinguish right from wrong.

For this editorial article I satirized the driving age. I used the reversal technique because in actual life adults are much more mature than young teens.

I also made use of incongruity; teens today give in way too easily into peer pressure. When found in a fight or flight situation they give in into the temptation.

One final technique I included was exaggeration. An adult doesn’t act the way I explained behind the wheel. Not all of them suffer from Alzheimer’s and most of them remember to travel with their driver’s license.