Under the Influence of Being a Teenager Cranky legislation cracks down on kids With a rash of fatal traffic accidents around Wisconsin this spring in which teenagers have been killed in bunches, it is understandable that many people would feel a desire to take some kind of action to make bad things stop happening in this world.
Death always seems even more heartbreaking when it comes to young people who are shiny and new.
These kids haven't had time yet to become all gnarled and sour. Each day is still an exuberant adventure for them. We don't really need to create a whole new category of traffic offense-driving under the influence of being a teenager. That immediate reaction is a symptom of our worst modern tendencies-legislating by headline and trying to solve every problem by talking tough about it. As usual, those who have power automatically take action against those who don't.