In Mr. Riojas' blog, The Lone Star Government, he states how the Texas legislature are currently trying to pass a few laws that are aim towards teens. Laws such as when they should be able to drive, buying cigarettes, texting while driving, and tanning are being discussed because at that age they're still developing judgements and prone to danger.
I would definitely agree with everything Mr. Riojas stated. Whether you're 16 or 40 it's never a good reason why you should be texting and driving. If you do get a text just don't look at it until you've reached you're destination. Besides it's even worse when that person is first learning how to drive and trying to text at the same time. I agree that these laws shouldn't just be aimed at teens but they should also be applied toward adults because the rate of them getting into an accident or something is just as high as teens when they're on the phone or texting.
I have to agree with Mr. Riojas that the law prohibiting teens younger than 16 1/2 from tanning is just ridiculous. I mean yeah the legislature probably only looking out for their health, but still if the parents are up for them tanning then let it be.
Finally, some of these are just ridiculous, do they have nothing better to do than just sit there and come up with laws targeted just for teens? Come on, focus on something that's even more important and leave these type of things for the parents to decide. Besides teens already rebel against their parents as it is but if these laws does get pass, they'll just rebel even more and is that what we really want?
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