Soaring 80 miles per hour on I-85/40 between Burlington and Mebane, drivers are rushing to get to their next stop. In the year 2018, young boys and girls are growing up in a world where life is experienced at a very fast rate. We sometimes forget to stop and give ourselves a moment to breathe and remember where we are headed, and why we are going so fast. A question is frequently asked about why certain people get tickets and others do not. We got the opportunity to interview multiple members of the Burlington community about some driving standards that our society has grown up in. A 76-year-old woman said that typically she believes if a driver is going only “5 miles per hour over the speed limit is okay. You probably won’t get caught …show more content…
Williams High School in Burlington, North Carolina, where we spoke with a 17-year old boy, new to the driving world. We asked him if he drives below or above the speed limit, and he responded quickly saying, “Above.” We asked him why, “I drive fast because I am a spectacular driver, the speed limit is too low and makes driving boring.” The common debate over men being better drivers than women is still a standing case in society. We decided to ask a married couple that we came across at a truck stop at exit 139. The 50-year-old woman excitedly answered first and said, “Women of course! We are more courteous drivers willing to let other drivers ahead. We don’t tailgate like men.” Her husband supported her answer, and said “I think that women are better than men too because they tend to be less aggressive.” On the other hand, we got the chance to interview a 35-year-old man on his way to a business trip in Charlotte, North Carolina. His response to the question of whether or not men are better at driving than women was, “Obviously men!” He quickly went on to explain how “Women are extremely cautious, which tends to cause them to drive too slow. As a businessman frequently driving on the interstate, 80 miles per hour seems to be the most reasonable speed to