09-09-2008, 11:17 AM | #1 |
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raising the driving age
It may be inevitable since the leading cause of teen fatality is car-related. Obviously, raising the driving age would outrage the disenfranchised youth, but without legal voting rights, they have no say on these changes. As parents and governors grow more concerned about this issue, the age change becomes more inevitable. Obviously, these idiots never came to the conclusion that people don't magically learn how to drive by 17 years of age, so all they are doing is delaying these deaths by a year. In other words, accidents are caused by a combination of reckless driving and incorrect driving, both of which coincide with the fact that new drivers are inexperienced and want to experiment. If the driving age were 37, then there would be an overwhelming number of people between 37 and 40 that died from accidents, too. Article is by MSNBC.
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I think this is a better system than just raising the age..
the Tennessee Graduated drivers license.. Quote:
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09-09-2008, 11:54 AM | #3 | |
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Americans need to learn to drive like Europeans. Are there any Germans who would like to give some feedback on how they learned?
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I agree with Blur, raising the age for a drivers License is not going to help, it will only change the statistics.
The first thing they need to do is bring drivers edjucation classes back to the school system. For some reason kids nowadays are not getting the same training they did when I was in school. There is no easy cure for teenage stupidity while driving, but moving the driving age will only make things worse. Atleast now they have more control over who trains them on how to drive. This should be a federal law, it should be illegal for anyone under the age of 18 to operate a cell phone while driving a moving vehicle. And illegal for anyone to use a cell phone while driving without a hands free type device. And they need to enforce it, this law went into effect back in July for CA, but I still see people holding their cell phones while driving all the time. This one is not going to be like by many, but I don't think anyone with less than 2 years of driving experince should be driving a car with power to weight ratio of 14/1 or less. Unless they have been through a professional performance driving course. How many times have you heard of a kid killing themselves or others driving a car that is faster than they can handle. I am sure others have more they can add.
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I started driving at 14 (yes, eerily, we can get them that soon in ND), The only accident I have had was from a deer..and it actually ran into me- smashed its skull right into me drivers side fender and flipped over the hood. So I think it's more of a common sense and responsibility issue (which isn't determined by age) .
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Responsibility (Maturity) helps you to keep from doing things in a car you know you shouldn't. Like doing burnouts in the middle of a crowded freeway. Drag racing because someone revved his engine up at the stoplight next to you etc., and realizing you don't have the experience and are more careful when you drive. Experience, helps you to not make bad decisions when driving. like when to pull out when a car is coming, how to drive in the rain, at night etc... all which the more you do the better you get at it. Raising the driving age may help in the Maturity part (I know several immature 50 year olds), but not the experience part. that is why I feel a graduated system is better, give you more experience before you are released to venture out on your own. Edit: I forgot a big one, Learning respect.. Respect the rules of the road and the danger that can lurk around every corner. Just because the guy in front of you makes that illegal turn, or runs the redlight, does not mean it is OK for you to do the same.
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It should be MUCH HARDER to aquire a license...but the age should not be raised -- it won't do anything. Like Blur said -- you don't suddenly gain the ability to drive safe at any age. And like Skyman said: It takes 1)training/experience, 2)maturity, and 3)common sense. None of which are directly, and undoubtedly linked to age.
1) Experience: raising the age would delay the time it takes to get experience behind the wheel; it's just going to take that much longer to get experience if you have to wait....... 2) Maturity: admittidly, it is generally true that the older you get, the more mature you get...but there are enough teenagers who ARE mature enough to drive that they end up being 'punished' under this generalization. 3) Common-Sense: If you don't have it, it's going to be har to get it...age has nothing to do with this beyond the mid-teen years. If you raise the age...it's just going to raise the age of those people who are constantly dying in stupid car crashes. The only REAL way to eliminate the problem is to properly train people to drive...not the scare-tactics-1970's-videos that they shove down your throat in these bogus "courses"...actually TEACH people how to drive. Make it mandatory, make it all-conclusive, and make the test harder to pass (both road and paper). This will weed out anybody not qualified to drive. From 16 to 90+. If you're a good driver, then there's nothing to worry or get upset about: you'll pass. But if you fit the stereo typical 16 year old, or even a middle-aged person who takes stupid risks and endangers others on the road...you won't pass. Good. |
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what if it were raised to 18 for the license, but permits and drivers ed started at 16?
or do like germany where you have to go thru a crap ton to get your license, and pay a donkey buttload
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f u all not the forum members. how bout the good drivers
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dude shank you realize you just proved their point. you said "f u" to a bunch of guys older than you which:
1.) showed you have no respect. 2.)proved you have no maturity and 3.) showed exactly why this thread exists I am sixteen and am a very good driver(not trying to sound cocky) and I actually don't trust myself with driving. much less my friends and fellow classmates. I agree that the driving age should be highered or somewhat changed in the way to get your license but we do have to remember that not all driving accidents for teens are because of bad driving. A lot are, like others said, because of "showboating" or "hollywooding". a lot of ppl like to mess around with their driving because they are with their friends and wanna have a good time and feel they are invincible and cant get in a serious wreck no matter what. that's the thought that screws the majority of high school students over. the other one is the drinking. A majority of high schoolers that go to the football games go to have fun, which involves drinking. They get semi- drunk or buzzed and then go and drive their friends home while the music is blaring and they are all yelling and happy cause they are having a good time and then bammm they get into a wreck. so that's the other big problem that needs to be regulated in some how. such as like they do at NFL games where you can't bring your own opened bottles into the stadium and such. |
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There are a lot of noobs with an attitude lately. Let the mods do their job.
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