I think back at my early driving experience and realize a lot of the stupid accidents or situations I got myself in were the result of falling to peer pressure. I can recall many of fridays after school egging other fellows to lay drag while leaving the school parking lot. One fellow classmate in his silver 76 TA agreed to, but probably wished later he hadn't when he lost control of car and ran it nearly into some trees.
I am sure we can all recall some classmate or friend that did something stupid with their car, possibly with horrible consequences. I for one have made plenty of stupid mistakes while operating car. It is a sobering experience when you are involved in an accident where not only you are at fault (wreckless driving) and hit an innocent, uninvolved, driver who is injured, recoveres, but eventually sues you and your family for multiple hundreds of thousands of dollars. And worse of all seeing the anxiety felt by your parents for fear of losing everything. Fortunately, my dad always made me and my brother pay for all expenses on our cars with our own money earned through jobs that our lawyer was able to get my parents off the legal suit.
You learn early that you are responsible for your actions and their are consequences. I hope to pass along to my sone when he begins driving that you can have fun with your car without being wreckless to others, potentially injuring others and not following what your buddies ask you to do.
Maybe more personal than necessary, but felt like sharing.
Todd
Chevy fanatic
