For the Youth

A lot of my friends are still amazed that I still do not drive here. Not that I do not need it but you would be surprised that at this age, I still have driving anxiety. Thanks to my dear husband who is always there to drive me going to work and whenever I needed a ride to do some errands. Not that I have zero knowledge when it comes to driving as I have had my own driver's license back home and was actually driving on short distances. It is more of me getting scared to be behind the wheels especially since I have a young kid in tow. But seriously, more than anything else, what my mom would always tell me that I may be careful but other drivers in the road are not so I need to learn defensive driving more than any other driving skills.

You see, she is right. In fact, we have a young family member whom was charged because of DUI. He got so careless not knowing that he could not actually drive after a party because he had drunk a few bottles of wine. Although, we were aware of this BAC by state wherein different states have different standards for alcohol content, he still went beyond his limit. More than being liable to the government, he got reprimanded by his parents and could not use the car for a year even after they contest it in the court. So I guess more than learning the driving skils, we must inculcate in our kids that they need to have the maturity and responsibility that a good driver should have. After all, there are a lot of lives at stake if we are not careful on the road.