No Pass No Drive: Part 2- Right or 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"

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?"

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"