Dyson's Bill Passes Senate

[smcdem]

Dyson's teen driving bill passed the senate 33-14 I think. I doubt it will pass the house committee though. Can someone tell me why Dyson is still a democrat? Geesh you repubs can have him!

[Kain99]

Would this be the.... Sit your A$$ at home until your 18 Bill? God Love Him!

[smcdem]

No the unfair set number of teen passengers with a teen driver bill. If this passes you could kiss ryken good bye and your kids will have another reason not to extracurricular activitys.

[Kain99]

That's an even better Bill! God Man haven't you seen the stats on Teen drivers with more than one passenger?

I can live with you being Pi$$ed as long as you alive!

[Kain99]

You could kiss ryken good bye and your kids will have another reason not to extracurricular activitys.

What? the Mommy's and Daddy's at Ryken can't be bothered to pick up their kids?

[Ken King (Premo)]

Originally posted by smcdem
No the unfair set number of teen passengers with a teen driver bill. If this passes you could kiss ryken good bye and your kids will have another reason not to extracurricular activitys.

Come on, quit the sniveling. Have you bothered to read the proposal? It says that this is a secondary infraction. Meaning before they can just yank you over they have to have another reason. Also this “ban” is only active for the first 181 days after obtaining a license. Plenty of other exemptions to allow for the new driver to transport family members.

If this passes, and there is a similar bill in the House now, how bad would it be? And if you and your buddies cooled your jets while cruising to school no one will notice.

[KenB62]

Originally posted by Kain99
That's an even better Bill! God Man haven't you seen the stats on Teen drivers with more than one passenger?

I second that, both from a statistical perspective and from personal experience!

The only accident I've ever been involved in was when I as a teen was driving with another teen in the car. I wasn't paying attention, enjoying the freedom and chance to show-off too much. Took a right-hand turn... too wide... and hit a stopped car squarely in the nose. No excuse, I wasn't even looking to see if there was a car there. If I had been alone instead of showing off or yapping it up with my bud, it would've never happened. I wasn't experienced enough at that age to have been behind the wheel with that much distraction.

Need more proof? http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...-2003Mar8.html and http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observe...on/4606618.htm and http://www.iii.org/media/hottopics/i...e/teendrivers/

"Teenage Drivers and their Passengers: The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a new recommendation for states to enact a measure that would allow only one passenger in a car driven by a teenager, unless someone over the age of 21 is also in the car. The federal authorities note statistics showing that teen drivers are twice as likely to be involved in a traffic accident as older drivers, and almost five times as likely to have an accident if there are passengers in the car. As of December 2002, 24 of the approximately three dozen states with GDLs included some passenger restrictions. (See also Teenagers and Safety Belts.)"

Kids + More Kids + Cars = A Disaster Waiting to Happen

[vraiblonde]

This is actually Democrats' fault and it's just like a Democrat to want a bill like this. Why? Here's why:

Democrats are much more likely to indulge their children - give them everything under the sun, including buy them cars. Think of all the soccer Moms who voted for Bill Clinton. As a result, there are more teens on the road than there was 20 years ago simply because we have too many Democrats trying to buy their kids' love and give them stuff to make up for not spending any time with them or teaching them to behave properly. Consequently, these spoiled brats have never had boundaries because Mommy and Daddy never gave them any, so they drive like maniacs.

And our favorite Democrat, rather than encourage people to teach their children and set rules for them, wants to put forth a law and make all these kids wards of the state.

Which also explains why SMC and his buddies won't be able to get to school or participate in extracurricular activities. If their folks can't be bothered to teach them safe driving and enforce it, why would we expect they might actually take time out of their busy schedule to drive them somewhere?

[jlabsher]

God, I hope Erlich doesn't sign it if it does get to him. What's next, mandatory bike helmets like some states have. When will some dems (and republicans) realize that we don't want or need for the government to take care of us, we are supposed to be able to do that ourselves.

By the way, of the 5 :eek: cars I wrecked as a teenager, I was alone all but one time. Of course it was the '70s and there were extenuating factors involved...

[smcdem]

To me this bill is just a smack in the face to kids who take driving and their after school activitys seriously. If dyson wants to impose a bill on me, than he should let me vote. I think Dyson should worry about our schools, not teen drivers. Dyson should learn some priorities and change is party. The democratic party protects and defends civil liberties, obvioulsy he doesn't.