Joel, 15. Distances are huge in Los Angeles and the traffic's terrible. The problem will get worse unless people stop driving so much. Buses take hours, so everyone goes by car. It's really difficult to travel around without wheels your parents have to drive you everywhere. A lot of teenagers get their driver's licence when they're sixteen so they can drive themselves to school. But teenagers aren't allowed to have teenage passengers and they can't drive after 11.00 at night. So even when you can drive, you have to ask your parents!