I teach at two different community colleges. The first is a school that specializes in preparing people for careers– nurses, HVAC techs, machinists, etc. Most of the students are older than a typical college student, and many are already working and have families. The second is a school that specializes in general education so that people can transfer to a university. Those students tend to be predominantly just-out-of-high-school. Many still live with their parents and go to school full time.

I like both institutions (and their students), but I only fear for my fenders at the second one. It has a much larger student body and as a whole, the younguns are terrible drivers. In addition to the constant near misses I witness in the parking lot and the intersections closest to the school, a surprising number of my students end up missing class due to car accidents or court appearances related to traffic violations. Some of them are probably lying, but still. I’d estimate the traffic accident/violation rate in my classes at around 10%. I feel like doing a unit in the critical thinking portion of the class on Consequences of Gunning the Engine at Every Opportunity.