For teens, driving is a totally new experience. Actually, when you are 18 years old, quite everything is a new experience! And they use to enjoy new experiences, trying to have fun.
So, if an old driver occasionally speeds, when he is in hurry, a teen driver speed not because he is in hurry, but because he wants to enjoy the moment and he don’t understand the dangers.
The next answer, offered on an Yahoo Answers conversation about driving and cars by a teenager girl asked why do teens like driving fast, is a typical one:
„I like to drive fast because it's more fun. Plus im insanely particular and driving slow really gets on my nerves. Obviously i don't speed when there are a lot of people around or if i'm on major roads, and i only go 5-10 over the limit. Besides if i'm going somewhere, i clearly want to be there. So i'm going to drive faster“.
What about the risks? In USA, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reported, few years ago, that 37 percent of fatal crashes with 15 to 20 year old males involved speeding.
Another study, made by the National Institutes of Health from Washington, D.C., found that teens drive an average of 1.3 mph faster than all drivers as a whole.
So, driving fast can be funny, but is very dangerous. And even as a teenager, you must understand that life and health are more important than everything else!
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