From boston.com, Sat. 6/14. "Teen Drivers Running on Empty," by Irene Sege, Globe Staff. Jennifer, !7, Braintree, drove her Mercury Marquis to her
part time job at CVS. Matthew,17, Tewksbury drove his Chevy Blazer to school weekly. Eric, 17, Burlington, freely ferried friends around in his Volvo. Oh
yeah, we all remember those days.
But teens are deriving less joy from riding around in cars. Habits are changing, like walking to school, taking the bus, to school, or work. Gas prices now exceeding $4+/gal. has teens resorting to ask pasengers for gas money.
Warren remembers with nostalgia when he got his license, 8/07, reg. gas was $2.70/gal. Driving around out of boredom is disappearing. said Colleen, 18, Braintree. Anthony, 18, Ashland is worried , too, while eating
hamburgers at a food court. "It cost me $5 to come here; I have to make gas a part of my budget. THAT'S how bad it is!" omigish.
When pollsters asked teens what 3 issues concern them the most this election year, gas prices topped the list, first; global warming, second; the War in Iraq; third.
Sociologically, driver's licenses signaled the coming of age, for teens.
But gas prices are eroding their driving freedoms. Now they can't take advantage of the license to drive as freely as before.
This could be an interesting evolving trend when statistics are compiled for driving accidents, correlated to age, for all age groups.
But teens are deriving less joy from riding around in cars. Habits are changing, like walking to school, taking the bus, to school, or work. Gas prices now exceeding $4+/gal. has teens resorting to ask pasengers for gas money.
Warren remembers with nostalgia when he got his license, 8/07, reg. gas was $2.70/gal. Driving around out of boredom is disappearing.
said Colleen, 18, Braintree. Anthony, 18, Ashland is worried , too, while eating
hamburgers at a food court. "It cost me $5 to come here; I have to make gas a part of my budget. THAT'S how bad it is!" omigish.
When pollsters asked teens what 3 issues concern them the most this election year, gas prices topped the list, first; global warming, second; the War in Iraq; third.
Sociologically, driver's licenses signaled the coming of age, for teens.
But gas prices are eroding their driving freedoms. Now they can't take advantage of the license to drive as freely as before.
This could be an interesting evolving trend when statistics are compiled for driving accidents, correlated to age, for all age groups.
others, I'm sad
to see them not be able to experience. Just to do it.
