NO SURPRISE: Teen automobile crash rates are higher when school starts earlier. “Results indicate that in 2008 the teen crash rate was about 41 percent higher in Virginia Beach, Va., where high school classes began at 7:20 a.m., than in adjacent Chesapeake, Va., where classes started more than an hour later at 8:40 a.m. There were 65.4 automobile crashes for every 1,000 teen drivers in Virginia Beach, and 46.2 crashes for every 1,000 teen drivers in Chesapeake.” The Insta-daughter, who’s now getting enough sleep, has speculated that the stereotypical “teenage personality” is the result of sleep deprivation and public schools. It’s plausible. . . .
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