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Originally Posted by ArcAngel
Thats all sorts of wrong. Irresponsibility is the way kids are brought up these days with no regard for anyone or themselves. Thank God everyone was alright
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on both parts.
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Originally Posted by StuMac
Not just kids, people should not be able to drive without massive amounts of training. Experience and attitude make for good drivers, not just age.
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Originally Posted by craig62989
hey im almost 20 and have had my license since 16 and havent even gotten so much as a parking ticket :P
but this is truely a sad end to a sexy car.  |
just because you havent gotten in trouble doesnt make you a good driver.
and to give you some back story to that statement. my sister used to say that crap all the time when I was growing up. by age 18, I had 6 tickets (2 were 30mph+) and 3 (reported) wrecks (one totaled). however, all but one of those occured in my own car. and on top of that, only one of the wrecks was my fault. I got one speeding ticket in my mothers car at age 17. one of the wrecks I passed out at the wheel on the interstate after driving thru my state for 17 hours straight, went into the median and ramped over the oncoming lane of traffic, barrel-rolled and landed backwards in a bean field 15ft below the highway. I grew up driving/racing cars, from working on the farm and racing at the local tracks in the mud and on the hard tracks, I learned quickly that I wasnt invincible (well, actually it took a while cus in all these instances, I never so much as had a bruise or scrape). but, my sister would always say how much of a better driver she was cus she had never gotten any tickets. I laughed in her face and told her she has just been lucky that she hasn't gotten caught or been at the wrong place at the wrong time. that following week, she blew a tire on the interstate going 70mph and careened off the road and totaled her car. I'm not saying that I could have kept the car on the road, but experience pays. I grew up driving some of the junkiest POS cars (cus they were cheap and I didnt grow up with a lot of money). I pushed myself and my cars and still do to this day. but, I dont push it to the max if anyone else is in the car or on the road. I'm not saying I'm the greatest driver out there, but I know I'm far from the worst. Ever watch the beginning of the Dukes of Hazzard movie? thats how I learned to drive. out in the country on gravel/dirt roads. my biggest wreck of my life so far.... my dad's 1970 Barracuda with a 440 six-pack, stroked and poked, with a 250 shot of nitrous on it, mini-tubbed, full caged beast ran 8's in the 1/4. till a rod shot out the side of the block and ripped the front right wheel off the car, which then flipped upside down and I crossed the finish line at 142mph upside down with flames and sparks going everywhere. I am in my mid twenties and I know I'm not the greatest driver out there. I know how much of a F-up I was on the roads when I was young. I lost quite a few friends doing stupid shit like street racing and pushing things too far. I learn my cars inside and out. I know what they can and can not do. I know my personal limits. I was driving cars with more than 426hp before I got my license and I learned real quick not to abuse that kind of power. I grew up with a respect for driving. to me, it's not just getting from point A to point B. its an experience in and of itself. I rarely if at all talk on my cell (if I do, its on speaker) while driving, I dont eat (occasionally will drink (not alcohol)) while driving. I do my best to put my full attention to driving when I'm behind the wheel. nothing else at that time is more important than keeping track of the cars around me, the speed I'm at, the distance between me and the car in front of me, the guy on the corner blabbing on his cell phone about to step out into traffic, the car on the other side of the road not maintaining their lane of travel during a turn, and countless other things. but thats just me.
this isnt a personal jab at younger people. you can think you are a good driver because you havent been in an accident or got a ticket.... yet. but have you blown a tire on the highway at 70mph? have you ever passed a semi truck during a pouring down rain and it blows a tire and swerves into your lane at 60+mph? have you ever been going "just a little over the speed limit"? have you ever had a car run a red light and end up millimeters away from an accident, but your response time from your driving experience saved you and your car?
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Originally Posted by Scott@Bjorn3D
That is why kids should not be allowed to drive. I am for real they have no freaking brains until they are at least 18.
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just because they are 18 doesnt mean they automatically get brains. I know plenty of people that are past 18 that are still dipsticks behind the wheel.
I'm more for changing our drivers license requirements to that like Germany where you dont just go for a 15 min cruise and BAM, you've got your license. it should be a test of your driving skill. and add to that different license levels for being a more skilled driver.
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Originally Posted by TLSTWIN
First off...wow, sorry about your car, glad your ok...which brings me to my MAIN point......
Look at the crumple zones. That Engineering did it exactly right, IT DIDN'T EVEN BREAK ANY GLASS except the rear of course. There is definitely "room to live" in this car. Makes me feel a WHOLE lot more confident about my kids in the back seat.
THANKS GM  |
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Originally Posted by SSINSTR
That is a sad sight but it gives me confidence that I will walk away from a major accident, God forbid. That being said, Camaro is replaceable, you are not, the owner will live to drive another 5th gen |