Monday, May 3, 2010

Kyleigh's Law

There's not much to say about this law. I think it's quite obvious that almost every teen in New Jersey is against this law, myself included. As much as I disagree and don't want this law to be enforced, I completely understand the reasoning behind it. What the lawmakers forgot to think about was the side-effects; the main one being that it profiles younger children to not only police, but to predators too. At this point, the argument is not whether it is fair or not (which clearly, it is unfair) but it is whether the law is safe enough. And I argue that it is not. Yes, it is 100% discriminatory towards teenagers. It takes away a lot of the freedoms that we have earned for ourselves in our prior 16 years of existance. But the main reason why I am against it is because it is unsafe and it leaves us marked as younger teenagers for the pedophiles that are out there. Along with this, it also truly will not reduce the number of accidents. The teenagers will still be on the road, which means there will be accidents. There really is no way around it. Everyone gets into accidents, not just teenagers. This law should not discriminate against us because it is unfair, unsafe, and simply not thought out well at all.

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