How many of you parents would like the driving age raised to 18?
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From: Matt on 13 Feb 2010 17:31 On Feb 13, 3:09 pm, "RD (The Sandman)" <rdsandman(spamlock)@comcast.net> wrote: > "Speeders & Drunk Drivers Kill Kids" <xeton2...(a)yahoo.com> wrote innews:Xns9D1E772E06965riemann1850yahoocom(a)216.168.3.70: > > > It's such a huge worry when your kids hit 16 and you remember what you > > were like at that age and how easy it easy for a dumb kid to drive > > crazy and kill/cripple himself or someone else and destroy his whole > > life. > > > Hell - 20 would be even better. Teens, esp boys, are wild and don't > > think about consequences. > > Why not wait until 21, then they can legally drink at the same time. Many years ago, I suggested dropping the drinking age to 12, removing the right entirely at the same age as a driver's license. I was kidding, of course, but sometimes... Raising ages only makes something more taboo, thus more desireable. Let them drink when their parents think they are ready. Let them drive when they can prove to the state/locality that they are ready. Matt
From: RD (The Sandman) on 13 Feb 2010 17:48 Matt <matttelles(a)sprynet.com> wrote in news:437fec10-7e76-43a6-a8c7-0edd43a249df(a)w27g2000pre.googlegroups.com: > On Feb 13, 3:09�pm, "RD (The Sandman)" > <rdsandman(spamlock)@comcast.net> wrote: >> "Speeders & Drunk Drivers Kill Kids" <xeton2...(a)yahoo.com> wrote >> innews:X > ns9D1E772E06965riemann1850yahoocom(a)216.168.3.70: >> >> > It's such a huge worry when your kids hit 16 and you remember what >> > you were �like at that age and how easy it easy for a dumb kid to >> > drive crazy and kill/cripple himself or someone else and destroy >> > his whole life. >> >> > Hell - 20 would be even better. Teens, esp boys, are wild and don't >> > think about consequences. >> >> Why not wait until 21, then they can legally drink at the same time. > > Many years ago, I suggested dropping the drinking age to 12, removing > the right entirely at the same age as a driver's license. I was > kidding, of > course, but sometimes... > > Raising ages only makes something more taboo, thus more desireable. > Let them drink when their parents think they are ready. Let them drive > when > they can prove to the state/locality that they are ready. > > Matt > There is a point there even though that post was simply a jibe at SADD. The legal age of consent or when someone is considered an adult (emancipated youth excepted) is either 18 or 21. It really needs to be one or the other. I don't care which one is chosen, however, IMHO, someone who is old enough to marry, vote and be sent by our president to die on foreign soil, is certainly old enough to enter a bar and drink a beer. -- Sleep well tonight, RD (The Sandman) "Expecting a carjacker, rapist or drug pusher to care that his possession or use of a gun is unlawful is like expecting a terrorist to care that his car bomb is taking up two parking spaces." --Joseph T. Chew
From: Greg Goss on 13 Feb 2010 19:45 "Speeders & Drunk Drivers Kill Kids" <xeton2001(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >It's such a huge worry when your kids hit 16 and you remember what you were >like at that age and how easy it easy for a dumb kid to drive crazy and >kill/cripple himself or someone else and destroy his whole life. > >Hell - 20 would be even better. Teens, esp boys, are wild and don't think >about consequences. Where I grew up, the parents had to sign the application for a DL if the to-be-driver was under 21 (later 19). My parents, looking in horror at the endless succession of wrecked bikes I produced, told me that I wouldn't get a license till I could sign for it myself. I managed to talk them back four months from that so I could drive to a summer job. It seems like a good compromise. If the parents like it, the age is 16. If not, the age is 19. -- Tomorrow is today already. Greg Goss, 1989-01-27
From: editor on 13 Feb 2010 20:08 On Feb 13, 1:42 pm, "Speeders & Drunk Drivers Kill Kids" <xeton2...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > It's such a huge worry when your kids hit 16 and you remember what you were > like at that age and how easy it easy for a dumb kid to drive crazy and > kill/cripple himself or someone else and destroy his whole life. Think first about how your kid's going to stuff you in a nursing home at first chance in retaliation later on. http://www.Internet-Gun-Show.com - your source for hard-to-find stuff!
From: Speeders & Drunk Drivers Kill Kids on 13 Feb 2010 22:01
Greg Goss <gossg(a)gossg.org> wrote in news:7tovdgFvo6U1(a)mid.individual.net: > "Speeders & Drunk Drivers Kill Kids" <xeton2001(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >>It's such a huge worry when your kids hit 16 and you remember what you >>were like at that age and how easy it easy for a dumb kid to drive >>crazy and kill/cripple himself or someone else and destroy his whole >>life. >> >>Hell - 20 would be even better. Teens, esp boys, are wild and don't >>think about consequences. > > Where I grew up, the parents had to sign the application for a DL if > the to-be-driver was under 21 (later 19). My parents, looking in > horror at the endless succession of wrecked bikes I produced, told me > that I wouldn't get a license till I could sign for it myself. I > managed to talk them back four months from that so I could drive to a > summer job. > > It seems like a good compromise. If the parents like it, the age is > 16. If not, the age is 19. That would be ok as long as the parents are criminally liable for any injuries caused by their kid. If that was the law i think few would sign. |