Old People at the Wheel: Why there should be stricter rules for elderly.

          Imagine this, a person is driving down a snowy road. Suddenly a driver pulls into his or

her lane and they have to immediately put on their brakes and go into another lane just so that

they don’t get hit by the elderly driver. Then as that person is going around the driver so that they

can get away from him they find out that its an elderly person who apparently didn’t have the

time to clean off his windows. Old people cause many accidents and problems on the road which

would be reduced with more rules and regulations for elderly drivers.

            There are many factors that affect the elderly and their driving. Robert Davis and

Anthony DeBarros have found out that as people get older “Reflexes, flexibility, visual accuracy,

memory and the ability to focus all decline with age.” They also say that “Medicine that treat

various ailments also make it more difficult to focus and make snap decisions” Making it harder

for elderly people to drive (Davis, DeBarros). TAC an online resource states that some other

things that get affected by age is peoples eyes for an example people cant focus, have visual

problems, difficult to see colors, hard to detect distances, and it is also hard to see in the dark.

Other problems could also be the heart or hearing issues (Older Drivers, TAC). Older drivers

could also have other problems that affect driving like their reaction time and how medicines

can cause shaking, dizziness and can cause a driver to become drowsy. These issues are very

serious when it comes to driving, drivers would not want to be in front of a person who is has a

problem that makes it hard for them to stop the car.

In some ways you could also be hurting the elderly. Think about this by taking away

driving for elderly people its like taking away their freedom. They cant go any where; they cant

go out and do things or get things they need and its also the though because if people take away

the elderlys’ driving then it is like  taking away their privileges and they (the elderly) feel as

though they are forgotten (Lipman 64).

            In some states there are laws to better protect the other drivers from the elderly. For

instance in California they demand drivers 70 and older to redo there drivers test if they have

been in at least 2 car crashes in one year. Another case where the state has help with this problem

would be in Pennsylvania where they have stated that seniors must have a physicians report to

show that they are safe to drive (Car Insurance Rates).

            It’s not every day you hear about the elderly crashing into people or things but here are

some occasions where they have …

 -Reese Whitherspoon was hit by a 84 year old woman.

-At the age of 86 George Russell Weller hurt abut 70 and killed 10 when he drove his car into a

farmers market in Santa Monica CA (Davis, DeBarros).

In time in some way or another either now or later every driver will at some point in time

be effected by an elderly driver. Or maybe by the time you start driving if haven’t started yet

there will be stricter rules for them driving.

           

                                               

                                                            Works Cited

Davis, Robert. DeBarros, Anthony. “Older Dangerous Drivers a Growing Problem.” USA Today  

             5/2/07. USA Today. Web. 2/9/12

“Elderly Driver Licensing Laws.”  Car Insurance Rates. 2012. 2/13/12

“Elderly Driving, Seniors at the Wheel.” Motorist News+ Driving Guideline. Smart

Motorist. 2/13/12

Lipman, Larry. How Should Society Address the Needs of the Elderly?

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Farmington Hill MI 48331-3535:        ,2005.print

“Older Drivers.” TAC Saftey. 

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Sarah Noble Divorce

Divorce is a serious topic. My parent’s divorced I was only 6 years old. At that age I didn’t know much about it but as I grew up I learned more about divorce and how it affects me personally. Divorce is very important in a child’s life it can either hurt them or make them stronger. I have now learned just like you will learn from reading this the ups and downs of divorce.

http://www.divorce.com/article/divorce-affects-children

In the article “Divorce affects children” By an unknown source informs parents about the risk children could get from divorces. The websites view point is that there is risk mentally and physically as an outcome of divorce.  The websites view point is this because it states that “Children…have more health problems behavioral issues and emotional disturbances in there life time.” The articles text structure is cause and effect because it says the cause divorce on kid and the effect the mental and physical problems as an outcome. The author of this piece uses almost no conflicting evidence since this is to inform. The author of this article does have a slight bias and that is that divorce is a bad thing. I can tell this because in the article he manly states how it affects children badly and not how it could affect them in a good way. Some words the author used to show the bias are “many” “consequences”  “profoundly” and “fundamental”. The article uses  ethos in the article because it helps him show his bias in the article even though it is not persuation. This is a good source because it has very little ads no spelling mistakes and it has a copy right, other sources and a good design layout plus it has a place where you can ask questions and get answers.

                                                                   

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jane-smiley/divorce-its-good-for-the-_b_782469.html

in the article “Divorce! Its good for children” By Jane Smiley is persuading people that divorce is a good thing for kids. Smileys view point is that good things can come out of a divorce. Her view point is this because in her article she says step kid and your kids get “ …friends and allies as well as play mates.” The kind of text structure she uses is cause and effect because she says the cause how divorce is at a high rate and that its effecting kids in a big way and then she says the effect, how children are being affected in a positive way. She also uses the text structure description because she describes how divorce can be good for kid and she states example to in the article of how it makes kids happy. In the article smiley does not put in any conflicting evidence because she persuades you to only look at one side and not the other. This Shows that smiley has a slant for saying that divorce is good for children. She says her slant when she says “So far be it from me to praise divorce”. Some connotation word used in this article are flexibility, imagination, vivid, and appealing. Smiley uses the persuasive strategies of ethos. This is when she says “Falling in love is an expression of freedom and so is divorce.” Showing a moral value of having freedom.  The accuracy of the source is semi good there are some adds and there are links along with a place where you can put your own opinion plus a copy right date.

www.divorceinfo.com/info/children/effects.shtml

This article by an unknown source persuades parents and others about how divorce is a bad thing. The authors view point is that divorce is a horrible thing that hurts children. They say this when they state “Divorce traumatizes children…”  The text structure that is in this article is description because they describe how divorce is a bad thing and how it can seriously hurts children. I know this because the article says “A child who’s parents are divorced may feel liked there sucked into a vortex of loneliness guilt and fear.” In this article the author does use conflicting evidence when she says “ Some children may become psychology scarred from the experience and others may not be affected at all.” The way she describes how divorce is bad for kids and how she uses her words says that she has the slant that divorce it bad for children. Some connotating words she uses are vortex, traumatizes, loneliness, sleeplessness, deranges, magnitude, and psychologically scarred.  In this article the author uses pathos to persuade then reader. The author uses pathos when they say “Divorce deranges the idea of order for a child. This is why broken promises- some things as small as a baseball game- take on a magnitude far beyond actual significance.” The accuracy of this of this website/ article is strong because they have very little ads some links and sources from where they got information like doctors and psychologist. Also they have a very nice setup for there article.