Driving Age

             Can you imagine one of your relatives or someone close to you suddenly passes away? There is no question that sudden deaths are one of the worst things that people can ever experience. People may, with a blink of an eye, lose their lives drowning, suffocating, or even play any sport game. Yet car accidents tend to be the most common of all sudden deaths. They took the lives of many people over the years, worldwide. Last month, in the first days of Ramadan, I attended the funeral of my 17 years old best friend, Mohammad, who passed away after a tragic car accident. We used to be close friends for a long time and we even went to high school together too. His friend Khalid was riding in the back seat of a car with two other boys Saturday evening on their way to a football game. They were all wearing seat belts. The three friends were all injured, but my best friend was the only victim in the accident. They were running late to catch the game and started speeding. They hit a bump, lost control of the car, hit a parked truck, flipped over, the roof of the car came off, and the rest was awful.
             It is such a shame. I start crying whenever I think about the fact that Mohammad, such a good guy is gone. It is almost impossible to believe it. He was so alive, really good-natured, and he was always smiling. He was a senior this year, had done well in school, had received some band scholarships, and was making his college plans. His parents did everything they could for the past 18 years to raise their son as good as they could, to prepare him for a bright future, and to keep him safe. Yet it was totally out of their hands, and now he's gone. In fact, at the age of eighteen, they had just finally allowed him to get his driving license, but he had not gotten a car yet. The driver of that car had just turned 17. This brings me to my thoughts about the legal driving age. Every week practically for the past year, high school year, we have had a tee...

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