Teen driving: part 2

Chapter two:

  Junior year is when most students start getting a license. Teachers in the school see students who recently got their got their licenses get out their car with many other students. Most of us know that you have to wait for six months to drive just one person out of immediate family. Many teenagers like to break the rules; they speed, drive more than the allotted amount of people, and drive recklessly.

  At the ages of sixteen and seventeen mostly, adolescents have a lot of vigor and liveliness, which makes them make less educated decisions, such as speeding and texting and driving.

  “[Speeding] is exhilarating and fun at the same time, “ Kenneth Bennett, junior, said.

  According to the CDC, almost 300,000 teens between the ages of 16 and 19 received emergency treatment for serious injuries suffered in vehicle accidents in the year 2011, making them three times more likely than a person over the age of 20 to get in an accident.

  Most teens start driving around fifteen, and they are alone on the road within a year or two. With nearly everything else, parents let their children practice for a much longer time than that. According to care.com, the general consensus is that five-year-olds are too young to walk alone, and ten is the most acceptable age, even though five-year-olds have been walking since the age of one.

  The leading cause of death among adolescents is motor vehicle accidents, but parents still allow so little experience. First-hand knowledge, however, is only gained through hands-on exposure.