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Now Your Child Is Licensed To Drive

But that is just the start. Does he know his limits? A license is just the beginning of his journey.

Maria Rattray
3 min readSep 8, 2022
car crash
Photo by Johannes Blenke on Unsplash

“Decisions can be like car accidents, sudden and full of consequences.

There was a horrendous accident here a couple of days ago.

Six teens were involved.

No-one had been drinking.

Speed and showing off were the culprits.

The driver survived.

Five teens died.

Six families at least, are now severely impacted.

And a whole school of students.

A heavy burden

Now there’s a load one young lad has to carry for the rest of his life.

He was newly-licensed, in his father’s car, and taking the car, and its passengers to their limits.

Trouble is, not for a moment did he consider his five mates squashed into the back of the sedan, none wearing seatbelts, (probably because they just couldn’t fit them around). I say, not for a minute, because had he thought about it, he would not have done what he did.

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Maria Rattray
Maria Rattray

Written by Maria Rattray

Writer, author, teacher, fun-loving poet. Trying valiantly to make the world a better place. Helping you to guide the future. Find me at: https://ponmyword.com

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