Originally posted by zeeblebotHe doesn't care--all teenagers care about is how the world is unfair because they are not alowed to do things. This is not an attitude worthy of rewarding; raise it to 18 except when the kid needs to drive for work. (I'm feeling rather surly today. Has anyone else noticed this?)
want to see the crash rate go up?
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I think it should be raised or lowered depending on the individual. Responsible kids with good grades who are fairly good at driving, it gets lowered. Irresponsible kids with low averages who need some more practice, wait a while more. Perhaps their drivers-ed teacher could be the judge of this?
Originally posted by Remora91No, that won't work. There are too many private driver's education companies that wouldn't want it known that they keep the kids of paying parents from getting their licences. The only way around it would be to run the whole show from the government, and that opens the door to corruption and incompetence.
I think it should be raised or lowered depending on the individual. Responsible kids with good grades who are fairly good at driving, it gets lowered. Irresponsible kids with low averages who need some more practice, wait a while more. Perhaps their drivers-ed teacher could be the judge of this?
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Originally posted by thesonofsaulI meant the ones at schools. But whatever. 🙂
No, that won't work. There are too many private driver's education companies that wouldn't want it known that they keep the kids of paying parents from getting their licences. The only way around it would be to run the whole show from the government, and that opens the door to corruption and incompetence.
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16 is a good compromise between the ambitions of youth and the needs of society. The age is not set by the federal government, it is set by the states. Certain farm states in the midwest had a driving age of 15 when I was young. Is it no longer this way. My state has strict restrictions upon teenage drivers after the age of 16. You must either take drivers ed, or wait until 18; then, there are further restrictions about driving late at night and with passengers. The laws are complicated, but if the kids cannot understand them, they should stay off the road.
Minimum wage at 20 hours per week is close to the cost of insuring young drivers because putting them behind the wheel of car is not significantly different than handling a drug addict a gun--in terms of the danger to others, that is.