Bro, thanks for the advice, but I'm almost seventeen, I am in college, and I've been through a hell of a lot more stress than most kids my age. I appreciate the advice, but i am going to go with two things on deciding on doing a ride along 1) the advice that people I KNOW have years of experience and 2) if I personally feel ready for it. And I do.
After more than a year since posting this thread.
And it doesn't matter since I have to be 18 anyway.