Identifying Main Ideas

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Question ID: $151895$

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pro$-($prefix$)$: in support of; approving of $[$Latin$]$

What does the word proponents mean in paragraph $7$ of the passage?

privileges given to new drivers

people who disagree

those who are in favor of something

state driving laws

Reading Passage

When Should Teens Drlve?

by Rebecca Lebowitz

$1$ What is the appropriate age for a new driver to earn a license? Is age $16,$ the age used by many states, the way to go$?$ Or should the minimum age requirement be $18$ years old? Recently, there has been much debate about what the driving age should be$.$

$2$ When the first automobile was invented in $1886,$ there was excitement about what this new machine meant for the future of travel, both near and far. In $1900,$ cars were considered luxury items, and only $8,000$ were owned in the United States. Currently, over $253$ million cars are driven on American roads. As the automobile became the main form of transportation in the United States, regulations about who could operate the cars soon followed.