Young Drivers Anna Quindlen Summary
Have you heard about how high the rate of teen mortality has been rising over the last few decades? Indeed, it is a problematic issue that has been ignoring most of the young-drivers' parents. As Anna Quindlen expressed on her article, teen's crashes and deaths are highly common and ignored. Moreover, Quindlen's purpose is to highlight the seriousness of the teens driving issue and how states around the United States handle the issue.
As a matter of fact, Quindlen's concern is mainly in how the short-age-limit is a controversial aspect; as statistics show the younger drivers are, the more common the accidents occur. However, on the other side, parents of young drivers consider teens need to have their own freedom (Quindlen 503). Moreover, Quindlen's main purpose is to make a wake-up call to these parents to put more emphasis on the crude reality -juvenile …show more content…
"... three students leaving school in Freehold Township died in a horrific accident in which the car's 17-year-old driver was violating the regulation by carrying two friends." (Quindlen 504) Indeed, soft evidence such as various collective anecdotes from teens who died in catastrophic crashes was present throughout the lecture. Moreover, collective data such as statistics, surveys, and studies were also present on Quindlen's lecure becoming hard evidence. "The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has found that neophyte drivers of 17 have about a third as many accidents as their counterparts only year younger." (Quindlen 503) This previous quote represents an example of how Quindlen supported her main idea -the magnitude of teens' crashes- with strong scientific basis. Admittedly, is good to say that Quindlen is not based on a single type of evidence but rather uses soft and hard evidence equally to express her main idea in overall to devise her wake up
As a matter of fact, Quindlen's concern is mainly in how the short-age-limit is a controversial aspect; as statistics show the younger drivers are, the more common the accidents occur. However, on the other side, parents of young drivers consider teens need to have their own freedom (Quindlen 503). Moreover, Quindlen's main purpose is to make a wake-up call to these parents to put more emphasis on the crude reality -juvenile …show more content…
"... three students leaving school in Freehold Township died in a horrific accident in which the car's 17-year-old driver was violating the regulation by carrying two friends." (Quindlen 504) Indeed, soft evidence such as various collective anecdotes from teens who died in catastrophic crashes was present throughout the lecture. Moreover, collective data such as statistics, surveys, and studies were also present on Quindlen's lecure becoming hard evidence. "The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has found that neophyte drivers of 17 have about a third as many accidents as their counterparts only year younger." (Quindlen 503) This previous quote represents an example of how Quindlen supported her main idea -the magnitude of teens' crashes- with strong scientific basis. Admittedly, is good to say that Quindlen is not based on a single type of evidence but rather uses soft and hard evidence equally to express her main idea in overall to devise her wake up