WHO’S THE WORST DRIVER?
All of us are born helpless babies, march onward through competency, and then run towards an age of diminished capacity. And whilst some people speak ill of the “white-haired” drivers who seem to be in mere oblivion, truth is we have little to complain about them. Numbers tell us it’s the beauty of youth we have to fear. Teens, especially the boys, are full of confidence in skills they think they have. They lack in judgment, because they have not yet learned what they need to learn. Teens are the ones we have to look out for. Less than one percent of people over 65 die as a result of car crashes. On the other hand, this kind of accident is the major cause of death for kids 15 to 20 years old. Males in this group die two times more than the females. The young and lead-footed are really frightening. Their risk of crash per mile is 4 times higher than that of people in older age groups. According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, teenage drivers represent a major hazard. Alth
