| Being a teenager can be fun and exciting. During this | | | | considered a cool guy and cool guys during my time |
| phase, young people start to explore a new and | | | | drank a beer and drove fast cars. I was lucky not to |
| exciting world that they didn't notice when they were | | | | experience any accidents because my father was |
| still under the age of thirteen. Drinking alcohol and | | | | smart enough to prohibit me from driving until I became |
| driving are among the new activities that teenagers | | | | more responsible. |
| begin to explore. Unfortunately, these elements often | | | | Most teenagers these days are into alcohol and own |
| combine into a dangerous blend of poor judgement | | | | a driver's license. I got a big dose of this reality when |
| and drunk driving. | | | | my son was involved in an alcohol related incident. |
| Teenagers want to be left alone and often resent any | | | | Although I was glad that it was not about teens and |
| authority figure. Doing prohibited and potentially | | | | drunk driving, I wasn't happy about the other aspects |
| dangerous activities like driving and drinking are exciting | | | | of the incident. My son and some of his friends thought |
| to them. They will often do anything they want, and | | | | that it would be fun to steal liquor from a clubhouse. |
| combined with some peer pressure, this often results in | | | | Fortunately for me and the other parents, they were |
| teens driving drunk. | | | | caught for possession, burglary, and trespassing. After |
| Are you aware of the statistics on teens and drunk | | | | this punishment doled out from this incident, I know my |
| driving? If you are a parent like me, you should | | | | son and his friends will look at alcohol in a different |
| definitely be familiar with this issue. Teens are always | | | | way. |
| anxious to try alcohol and if you consider that the | | | | If you are concerned about teens and drunk driving |
| majority of them have poor driving skills, they are | | | | because you have teenagers of your own, you can |
| obviously heading for disaster. I can really relate to this | | | | get valuable information from the World-Wide-Web. |
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| When I was a teenager, I was also tempted to drink | | | | possible dangers of teens and drunk driving. |
| because everybody else was doing it. I wanted to be | | | | |