Kids Driving too Young
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Sierra39
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It's really a responsibility/competency issue, not an age issue, so changing the driving age to 18 won't "fix" anything. Only parents can judge if their child is responsible and competent enough to be trusted with a car. And since you have to co-sign for a driver's license for anyone under 18, the parents can determine if and when their child gets a license prior 18.
The "black box" IS really cool! Just read an article about it this past week. It has a flash memory card in it that records driving data, and you just plug the card into the home computer. It also gives an audio warning when the driver exceeds a certain speed or drives erratically. I think it costs around $299.
Yeah, it does sound like Big Brother, but knowing MY child, it would be a useful deterent just knowing that I could "check out" her driving "record" at any time!
The "black box" IS really cool! Just read an article about it this past week. It has a flash memory card in it that records driving data, and you just plug the card into the home computer. It also gives an audio warning when the driver exceeds a certain speed or drives erratically. I think it costs around $299.
Yeah, it does sound like Big Brother, but knowing MY child, it would be a useful deterent just knowing that I could "check out" her driving "record" at any time!
Apparently the cost is $299 and a foot in the kid's butt when he screws up.
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Originally posted by vraiblonde
Apparently the cost is $299 and a foot in the kid's butt when he screws up.
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Funny you mentioned that. His mother actually had the nerve to ask me to "help out" with the extra insurance costs. I've been very supportive of him and never missed a child support payment in 12 years, but I told her that we all get in accidents, and when we do, it sucks. He, like every other adult, needs to learn how to absorb the extra cost when he messes up and not have an easy way handed to him.
Harrumph!
jrogers, maybe you didn't get the memo - the fight's over.
Vraiblonde,
Statistics might be deceiving but here is what they say about young drivers at the NHTSA.DOT.GOV site, http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/TSF2000/2000ydrive.pdf make your own decision on what they mean. I wouldn’t say it is clear cut that age is a major factor. For general data that includes age groups and sex you can check out http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/TSF2000/2000ovrfacts.pdf
Back to the topic *ahem*
To me, the statistics clearly show that males are the primary ones involved in crashes. In particular, males age 16-20, with the 21-24 year old's hot on their heels. The highest risk group for females was the 16-20 group, but even they weren't as high as most other male groups.
So the obvious solution is to restrict men from driving.
And I love dogs - tastes like chicken!
To me, the statistics clearly show that males are the primary ones involved in crashes. In particular, males age 16-20, with the 21-24 year old's hot on their heels. The highest risk group for females was the 16-20 group, but even they weren't as high as most other male groups.
So the obvious solution is to restrict men from driving.
And I love dogs - tastes like chicken!
Re: Back to the topic *ahem*
Nah,
It actually tastes like bear, just not as greasy and maybe a little more stringy. Cat is the worse as you can never get rid of all that hair and end up hacking all night long, but squirrel, tastes like chicken and the gravy begs for the biscuits.
Nah,
It actually tastes like bear, just not as greasy and maybe a little more stringy. Cat is the worse as you can never get rid of all that hair and end up hacking all night long, but squirrel, tastes like chicken and the gravy begs for the biscuits.
Re: Re: Back to the topic *ahem*
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Here's the link to the 2000 data - it's a pdf file, just warning you.
Or getting a little head...
(OMG, did I just write that?)
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