Why driving is a privilege not a right

Did you know that more teens die in an auto accident than those killed by drugs and crime combined? Would you give your child a loaded gun?

So why toss them the keys when they are not ready to drive? Driving is not a right, it is a privilege — a special right one earns. It is time to educate our teens with more supervised hands-on training including accident avoidance skills and skills to necessary to respond to dangerous driving situations. This includes understanding the importance of adhering to the speed limit, avoiding distractions while driving, and how to respond to situations on the road without panicking. It is equally important that parents set some rules for their teen driver.

Unfortunately, a parent has no way of knowing if their teen will always follow these rules once they leave the house. Nor can they control the actions of other drivers. Having proper insurance coverage is another way to protect your teen. The real problem is that people are self-centered and feel invincible. They think that bad things happen to other people, not them. They think that they are always in control, and that they can do horrific, irresponsible, and negligible things without being accountable.

Should a texting while driving caused accident be punished as harshly as one that involves drinking! Sometimes the other people they endanger are their own children and loved ones.

A baby cannot reach out and take mom or dads cell phone. You get the point. Today, we waste an abundant amount of money and resources on things that are no brainers. It is stupid, ridiculous even that people think they have so many privileges in life, driving being one of them.

Is one accident enough, or is it one too many — especially if there is negligible activity involved? And the others, mostly involve not paying attention. There are enough wrecks that happen as victims of circumstances, yet the majority are much more than being at the wrong place at the wrong time. It is frustrating! Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. All wonderful things, and all guaranteed by the U.

They are such important rights, with such a vast scope, that we sometimes think that everything we do falls under them. Driving is a privilege, not a right. Every once in a while someone brings up article 13 of the U. The State of New Jersey. In an opinion written by populist Justice Louis Brandeis , the court held that the state's power was " In , the 9th Circuit of the U.

Court of Appeals, in the case of Donald S. Miller v. To restrict or revoke a privilege sometimes requires some form of due process, but this is not as strictly required.

Case law also holds that the safety of the public can outweigh the ability of the individual to drive.