Confessions of a Former Disco King:
Thursday, May 28th, 2009
Teen Driving is a Phase We All Must Survive
When I was a young and only semi-responsible gent in the late 1970s, there was one sure way to get my palms sweating and my ego deflated at the same time - and it had nothing to do with getting rejected by a pretty girl on the disco floor (although that would work too!)
It was seeing those red flashing lights in my rear view mirror, and the impromptu meeting that inevitably followed, between nervous teen driver and a not-too-friendly community traffic enforcement officer.
Some 30 years later, my perspective about teen driving has changed dramatically, (and so has my social life). Now I fear that scenario with the police officer is happening with my teen driver behind the wheel. (more…)
