"After my initial worries that he'd do something crazy"
As I think back on my experiences of surviving crazy driving, it was never "just drivin' around and suddenly doing something dumb" it was always bad judgment usually under pressure. So there is freezing rain forecast but I really want to play video games with my friend. My dad is going to kill me if I get home late again. Its a completely empty and abandoned road in great weather conditions... what could possibly go wrong? I've never driven in over six inches of snow, but everyone else on the road does it all the time, so how hard can it possibly be? I'm sleepy but the sooner I get home the sooner I'll get to sleep, so go for it. I'm not really drunk I don't even feel a buzz and haven't had a drop in two hours.
I most certainly did not get into accidents in every story above, mostly thru dumb luck. They all do have a common thread of later on, looking back, even dumb teen me was asking myself WTF I was thinking when I made those decisions.
Its not entirely different than teen experience with romantic relationships and even to some extent friend relationships. Oh and drugs and alcohol too. And finances.
Lack of patience seems to be the root of all evil, with me when I was a teen and in other teens I saw. Can't teach wisdom or judgment, but you can teach patience.
As I think back on my experiences of surviving crazy driving, it was never "just drivin' around and suddenly doing something dumb" it was always bad judgment usually under pressure. So there is freezing rain forecast but I really want to play video games with my friend. My dad is going to kill me if I get home late again. Its a completely empty and abandoned road in great weather conditions... what could possibly go wrong? I've never driven in over six inches of snow, but everyone else on the road does it all the time, so how hard can it possibly be? I'm sleepy but the sooner I get home the sooner I'll get to sleep, so go for it. I'm not really drunk I don't even feel a buzz and haven't had a drop in two hours.
I most certainly did not get into accidents in every story above, mostly thru dumb luck. They all do have a common thread of later on, looking back, even dumb teen me was asking myself WTF I was thinking when I made those decisions.
Its not entirely different than teen experience with romantic relationships and even to some extent friend relationships. Oh and drugs and alcohol too. And finances.
Lack of patience seems to be the root of all evil, with me when I was a teen and in other teens I saw. Can't teach wisdom or judgment, but you can teach patience.