As I headed to DD's on Friday - getting ready to turn left, my light is green for 3 to 4 seconds and two cars decide to obviously run the red light from their side. Have a hard time believing that the City, in its infinite wisdom does not have at least a 1 second delay, meaning these two just decided, they were going to go, no matter what.
In my younger years, my driving motto was, if it's green - I'm gone but have mellowed a bit. Let the others who apparently have many life emergencies and very little brain activity, go first. That kind of thinking will save both of our lives.
Speaking of thinking, can you remember anytime in life when you are smarter than when you are a teen? It is that age when you know it all and base all said decisions upon all. They say, that a teenager's brain has not fully developed. Maybe that is why all that wisdom seems like a shame to waste so we have to share with all we know. I come from a family who developmentally, never left their teenage years and those of us born to them - have lived a life of trying to catch up.
We all do dumb things at every stage of life. The trick is to do them at a minimum and not consider it a way of life. There is Something about a teen. They are young, flexible, able to learn and think they can change the world. That is not a bad thing. If they continue on, they will mature and go on to great things. That is what we wish for all of them. If they grow up no further and run every red light in their path, stay clear and try not to get hurt. Don't assume everyone leaves teen hood behind. It is clearly a myth...
