Sharing the Road with Immature Drivers

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One aspect of driving is that you are forced to
share the road with immature drivers.
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For example, I leave my work around 1130 on the
weekends.
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This is normally not a problem.
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The roads are usually clear due to the time of
night, and I just drive home as normal.
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However, there have been times that immature
drivers such as teens or younger college students
will be out trying to get to some party.
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Normally this wouldnt bother me, but on some
occasions when Im driving home I have
difficulties that I have to face.
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These difficulties can occur when Im driving at
a safe speed, and some immature drivers are
behind me, and instead of just switching to
another lane they decide to drive as close to the
back of my car as they can.
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The immature driver believes that I will speed
just, so that they can go faster in this lane,
but this is not the case.
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With that said the young driver usually ends up
switching to the lane next to me, and yelling
some inappropriate phrase.
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This ends up angering me, and tempts me to do
something that isnt wise, but fortunately, I
have matured enough to not stoop to such a level.
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With all this said I would like to educate people
on the difficulties that immature drivers force
mature safe driving members of society to go
through, and the restrictions that society have
placed on immature drivers such as teenagers in
order to combat this epidemic.
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Waiting to get your permit can be an exciting
time for young drivers.
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The first thing is for you to get your
provisional permit before you do anything else.
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A license is labeled provisional if the person is
under the age of 18.
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The provisional license carries more restrictions
than a normal license that a person that is 18
and over would have.
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Unfortunately immature drivers are allowed to
change their driving permit into a driving
license by the time they are 16 as long as they
have met the driving and classroom requirements.
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Also, you must have held your permit in the same
state for at least one year.
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Younger teenage drivers must also complete a
drivers education class also referred to as
Drivers Ed.
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The final requirement is to have 50 hours of
completed practice time with an adult that is
twenty-five years of age or older.
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There must also be six hours of completed
professional driver training by selecting one of
many Texas Driving Schools.
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The adult must sign off and log all fifty hours
of time and then of those fifty hours a portion
must be done during the night.
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A young driver with a provisional drivers
license has a couple of restrictions.
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The first restriction is that you are not allowed
to drive between midnight and five in the morning.
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The main reason behind this restriction is
because young drivers are considered more
dangerous, so it is best to not let them drive
late at night to protect other drivers.
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Only family members are allowed to ride in the
vehicle during the first six months of your
provisional license.
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After the first 6 months has passed you are
allowed one passenger, who is not a family
member, to ride in the vehicle you are driving.
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Once you have had your license for one year you
are allowed up to three passengers, who are under
the age of twenty-one and who are not family
members to ride in the vehicle you are driving.
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In conclusion drivers are better informed on the
hazards that immature drivers cause on the
roadway, but also the restrictions that are
placed on them in hopes to make them more mature.