Most of us have our licenses now, but for those of us who don't possess that coveted piece of ID, driving accidents are no new subject. For some reason, however, when we hear about teen driving accidents, a different lens is fixed and alters our perspective on the incident. Often it is because the topic is closer to home as we are all teens right now and will be for another 2-3 years. But perhaps it is because we assume that the adult drivers involved in majority of the nonsensical accidents we hear about have had time -- many years, we often assume -- to develop their bad habits that "led" to the accident. Of course that is not always true as some car crashes are totally unpredictable and there was virtually nothing the driver could do to prevent the event from taking place. But some drivers are irresponsible and improve their negative habits as poorly skilled drivers as time goes on. However, I ask, what about those drivers too premature to have developed those bad habits?
Recently --5 days ago, recently-- an eighteen year old indian boy (*sniff* my own kind! jk haha) trashed his Ferrari in a driving accident at 4AM October 19th while driving with his relative. Occurrences like these make me think about the circumstances we are given and those that we choose to place ourselves in. Akshay Panducherry, the driver responsible for the crash, demolished his birthday present, the Ferrari F430, while driving across a bridge early in the morning at blistering speeds -- the F430 can reach up to 200mph. The car was found 60 yards past a metal structure supporting the bridge and rammed into a wood line, in flames with the two driver and passenger crawling out. Panducherry died shortly after due to the injuries sustained from the wreck. This all happened on Webb Bridge Road -- right next to Alpharetta High School.
What is frightening about this event is that not only did it occur a short distance away from where many of us live, but it is another instance in which a driver created a scenario with little evidence as to how the incident really happened yet the results of one decision were catastrophic. Panducherry was given this luxury sports-car as a birthday present a week prior to the accident and while he was trusted enough by his parents to own this car, or simply spoiled to quite a far reach, he still made the choice to drive under abnormal circumstances. Although the article does not specify what caused Panducherry to make this asinine choice, I am sure we are capable enough to deduce that he was either drunk, on drugs, or weak to the weight of peer pressure. What takes my beliefs and really mangles them is one question: is it better that Panducherry died in that car crash now as opposed to later, as an adult who would pose more danger to people than just himself?
Yep, I'm not even gonna go there. Sorry about that.
Haha I just realized that I am talking about dangerous driving in this blog too. Wow both my choice blogs and CE blogs have regarded the same topics.
These occurrences are remarkable. For me, they provide continuous reminders of why I must take driving as such a serious task and be steadfast to my focus on the road.
Kylesh
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/ferarri-teen-driver-dies-from-injuries-in-alpharet/nSmmd/
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