No Pass No Drive: Part 2- Right or Privilege?

No Pass No Drive: Part 2- Right or Privilege?

Do no-pass, no-drive laws deny students their rights? Or is driving a privilege that must be earned?

Privilege

In South Caroline, lawmakers debated whether attending school should be a requirement for a driver's license. "It is a privilege to drive an automobile," Representative Bill Taylor argues. "It's not a right. All we're suggesting here is when you're 16 and 17, you need to do what you need to do as a good citizen. Stay in school"

Poll

Driving is a...

• Right

• Privilege

Multiple Choice

Representative Bill Taylor believes that...

• Driving is a right

• Teens need to earn the privilege of driving.

• All adults need to graduate high school in order to drive

Right

Not everyone agrees that school attendance should be mandatory for teen drivers. The National Youth Rights Association asked for public response to the NPND laws. One blogger contributed this opinion: "How can they do this legally? A driver's license is between an individual and the state. How do school boards suddenly get authority over whether a young person can drive?"

Multiple Choice

The blogger thinks that...

• As long as you go to school, you should be able to drive

• You don't need to take a driver's test to get your license

• Driving and school are separate issues

• Driving is a privilege

Teens Think...

In a teen online forum abuot no-pass, no-drive laws, Stephanie Fehr responds that "the freedom a car represents should be a privlege." Scarlett Neveo opposes this view, arguing that driving is something that teens require to become responsible. "Driving shouldn't be considered a privlege. It is a necessity. If some teenagers are denied this right, they miss out on learning to be aware of the safety of others and being responsible for them"

Multiple Choice

Does this quote support or oppose NPND?

"Driving shouldn't be considered a privlege. It is a necessity. If some teenagers are denied this right, they miss out on learning to be aware of the safety of others and being responsible for them"

• support

• oppose

Open Ended

In your own words, describe the "No Pass, No Drive" legislation. Use 2 sentences.

Multiple Choice

Does this quote support or oppose "No Pass No Drive"?

"Driving shouldn't be considered a privlege. It is a necessity. If some teenagers are denied this right, they miss out on learning to be aware of the safety of others and being responsible for them"

• Support

• Oppose