Life is a highway...
Picture this: You’re 16. You feel like you’ve finally made it. You now have a license and what seems like keys to the world. This is always an exciting moment for teenagers, a huge step in growing up. Unfortunately this freedom can, and has, taken many teenagers lives when they aren’t alert or making responsible decisions.
According to Rocky Mountain Insurance Information, car crashes are the number one cause of death among 15 to 20-year-olds. Over the last decade, more than 68,000 teens have died in car crashes.
Sadly, many of these accidents could have been avoided. More than 60% of teens killed in car accidents were not wearing seat belts and 37% of male drivers involved in fatal crashes were speeding at the time.
In my town a well-known 19-year-old was recently killed for not wearing his seatbelt. He left behind a younger brother, his mother, father, and many friends. I now see his Facebook flooded with messages from his friends and family that miss him, that will never have the opportunity to see him again.
His death could have been avoided if only he simply wore his seatbelt. This happens in high schools all over America. Teenagers have a long life ahead of them, and to end it by making careless mistakes like not wearing their seatbelt, texting, speeding and driving drunk is a tragedy.
Not only are they putting their own lives in danger, but other people as well. 63% of teenage passenger deaths in 2008 occurred in vehicles driven by another teenager.
Teenagers need to wake up and realize that they could get killed any second when they are on the road. As a teenager myself, I promise to never get behind the wheel and drive carelessly.
Life is too precious to end it for being stupid. Let’s end this epidemic of teenage deaths and have both hands on the wheel in our lives.
According to Rocky Mountain Insurance Information, car crashes are the number one cause of death among 15 to 20-year-olds. Over the last decade, more than 68,000 teens have died in car crashes.
Sadly, many of these accidents could have been avoided. More than 60% of teens killed in car accidents were not wearing seat belts and 37% of male drivers involved in fatal crashes were speeding at the time.
In my town a well-known 19-year-old was recently killed for not wearing his seatbelt. He left behind a younger brother, his mother, father, and many friends. I now see his Facebook flooded with messages from his friends and family that miss him, that will never have the opportunity to see him again.
His death could have been avoided if only he simply wore his seatbelt. This happens in high schools all over America. Teenagers have a long life ahead of them, and to end it by making careless mistakes like not wearing their seatbelt, texting, speeding and driving drunk is a tragedy.
Not only are they putting their own lives in danger, but other people as well. 63% of teenage passenger deaths in 2008 occurred in vehicles driven by another teenager.
Teenagers need to wake up and realize that they could get killed any second when they are on the road. As a teenager myself, I promise to never get behind the wheel and drive carelessly.
Life is too precious to end it for being stupid. Let’s end this epidemic of teenage deaths and have both hands on the wheel in our lives.