Dropouts ineligible for driver’s license

Most job applications require a reliable source of transportation. This included public and personal transportation. But sometimes the buses are late, or they don’t run on certain days and it leaves a teen without a driver’s license with any way to get to work. When a parent works full time and a teen needs a ride to work, it is hard for a parent to try and accommodate that teenager. With high school drop outs having so m

A driver’s license is a privilege, not a right. As previously stated, there are certain tests that a teen must pass to receive their driver’s license. The first step is a provisional permit which requires the passing of a written test. After passing that test, another six months of behind the wheel driving with a guardian over the age of 25, is required. After that long period of time, when it is time to receive your official state driver’s license, a behind the wheel test is required, and when passed, you’re a new driver. After becoming a new driver, there are certain restrictions on your license including not driving with passengers under the age of 25 for the first six months that you have your license. You also cannot drive between the hours of 12 midnight and 5 a.m. for the first year that you have your license. After you have passed all these restrictions and tests, you are a qualified driver and therefore are eligible to drive. I believe that after passing all of those requirements, a teen has earned the right and privilege to drive, and therefore should be allowed to, regardless if they are currently enrolled in a high school. Barnet and Bedau addressed this issue by stating, “We earn a driver’s license by demonstrating certain skills. The state has no right to take away such a license unless we have demonstrated that we are unsafe drivers,” (p.7). I agree with this statement. If a student decides to drop out of school, it does not automatically qualify them as an unsafe driver, and therefore are ineligible for a driver’s license. With a new driver, comes the inexperience of being on the road. With a dropout on the road so many hours of the day, the experience becomes greater and greater, therefore, making the dropout a little bit safer than the student who drives less than 10 hours a week. Adults complain t

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