The Graduated Driver License
The Graduated Driver License (GDL) is a law that is aimed to reduce teen driving deaths. This law goes into affect July 1, 2001. The new driving law is made up of 3 main restrictions. These parts are: 1. For the first six months after issuance of an Intermediate Driver's License, the holder of the license may not have any passengers in the car under the age of 20, except for members of the holder's immediate family. 2. After the first six months, the holder may not have more than three passengers in the car under the age of 20, except for members of the holder's immediate family. 3. The holder of an Intermediate Driver's License may not operate a vehicle between the hours of 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. except when the holder is accompanied by a parent, guardian, or a licensed driver who is at least twenty-five years of age. These restrictions remain on a driver with the Intermediate Driver's License until they are 18 or if after the first 12 mo
If this law is passed I predict there will be a new suffrage movement. Teens can band together to fight the hypocrisy, which is our political right set forth by our forefathers. I am aware that we are not allowed to vote until the age of 18 but we can still make it clear to our legislature that although we are young, we will vote in three short years and we will not forget those who voted for the law that will take away our freedom. As millions of Woman and African Americans once did, we will fight for our civil rights! Our history also teaches that women were once considered to be less then men. They could not own land; if they had inherited land and married, their husband was immediately given ownership of their lands. All the children a woman gave birth to were considered the property of their husbands. It was unacceptable for a woman to work once she married and the jobs they were allowed to take were limited to teaching or house keeping of some kind, such as being
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