Too young, Too old, Too dangerous? The truth about driving safely

But first let's talk about teenagers.

Now with teenagers, the biggest problem is not necessarily recklessness.

It probably was a little bit with me.

It's more an experience.

A teenager, like I said, may understand the traffic laws, but a lot of people, they just don't obey them.

You know, just think about all the little things that you do to keep yourself safe.

It's just like when I pull up to a busy intersection.

When I'm thinking about pulling out, the light turns green.

I don't go.

Nope.

First, I look to the left.

I want to make sure nobody is running that red light because it happens all the time.

So green does not mean go.

Green means look left and then go.

Now, that's not what it says in the rule book.

People are supposed to respect a red light, even a yellow light, right? But they don't always do that.

So teens may understand the laws, but they lack the judgment to think about things they can do about what could happen.

See, that's what I was not good at.

I mean, I'm going 125 miles an hour on a two-lane road headed home at about 1130 at night.

If my parents had known that, they would have thrown me under the house, I guess, and kept me a prisoner.

I wasn't thinking straight.

What if that right front tire blew out at that speed? I did have my seatbelt on.

I was trained to wear seatbelts.

But a 125 with a blowout on a two-lane road, right front wheel blows out, I'm done.

So these are the hazards.

But first let's talk about teenagers.

Now with teenagers, the biggest problem is not necessarily recklessness.

It probably was a little bit with me.

It's more an experience.

A teenager, like I said, may understand the traffic laws, but a lot of people, they just don't obey them.

You know, just think about all the little things that you do to keep yourself safe.

It's just like when I pull up to a busy intersection.

When I'm thinking about pulling out, the light turns green.

I don't go.

Nope.

First, I look to the left.

I want to make sure nobody is running that red light because it happens all the time.

So green does not mean go.

Green means look left and then go.

Now, that's not what it says in the rule book.

People are supposed to respect a red light, even a yellow light, right? But they don't always do that.

So teens may understand the laws, but they lack the judgment to think about things they can do about what could happen.

See, that's what I was not good at.

I mean, I'm going 125 miles an hour on a two-lane road headed home at about 1130 at night.

If my parents had known that, they would have thrown me under the house, I guess, and kept me a prisoner.

I wasn't thinking straight.

What if that right front tire blew out at that speed? I did have my seatbelt on.

I was trained to wear seatbelts.

But a 125 with a blowout on a two-lane road, right front wheel blows out, I'm done.

So these are the hazards.