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A few years ago, in the state of Connecticut, the lawmakers changed the driving laws to prohibit new drivers, under age 18, from having any passengers in their car until they had had their license for 6 months. AT the time, I was just about to get my license and had thought that this was rediculous because it meant if I wanted to go somewhere with friends that we all had to drive ourselves. I was really annoyed with this new law, not thinking that it really made any sense until about 7 months after the law had been passed. A friend of mine had just gotten his license and was at home. One of his friends had come over and it was time for him to go home so he convinced my friend to drive him even though he had just gotten his license. My friend agreed to and they left. Unfortunately, however, on their way, they lost some focus and were not paying attention, and their car was struck by another vehicle. The car spun and eventually crashed into a telephone pole, killing the two of them. After this terrible event, I began to rethink my opinion of this new law. Obviously the lawmakers had looked into research on teendriving and noticed that more people in the car leads to more distractions. I am not saying that this would not have happened a year or two after my friend had gotten his license but he would have had more driving experience and possibly have been able to avoid the other vehicle better.