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Kansas just raised their standard driving license age from 16 to 17 this year. I think that better driving education along with responsible parenting would go much farther in keeping our young drivers alive than just making the age 17 (although it may help marginally). I lay 100% blame on the individual drivers and the parents for this, not societies rules or regulations, or lack thereof.
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[QUOTE=Supermans;596753]Even on the track, at that age it is very dangerous. This is why kids out of high school shouldn't be driving 400HP sports cars.. They don't have any common sense yet.. Obviously the kid wouldn't have enough money on his own to buy such a vehicle so young without parental help.. And at that age, they think they are invincible.. Very tragic.. If only parents would simply not get their children race cars so young, these types of accidents could be minimized..
I agree with you no kid should have that much HP, just asking for trouble. Most of us old guys have been there before, no common sense, and invincible. Today I am still amazed that I didn't kill myself with some of the things I did back then. Things you learn with age. |
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Same with Ontario. If you get caught street racing, they take your car and crush it into a cube. I've heard that they have even made the guilty party push the button to crush their own car. (not sure if that part is true though)
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Street racing, is and always will be a hot button for me. Yeah, I have acted like an idiot at times at the stop light, but never ever, went the route of Street Racing.
Real racing, needs to be done at the track. In the Chicago area the past several years we have had dozens of kids and innocent bystanders killed because of this stuff. It is so sad. I personally don't care what the age, it is a personal responsibility. We can't and never will elminate it completely. But dog gone it, we can certainly discourage it. Yeah, I know.... Grandpa, go sit in your Buick! Sorry but this Grandpa doesn't drive a Buick!
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I don't think sending kids to a performance driving school would fix this, if anything I could see kids thinking "well I went to driving school, I can do this with my car" and put themselves in even more dangerous situations. Bottom line, the majority of kids should not be driving cars with that much power, they just aren't responsible enough to respect it, and they don't think enough about the outcome of their actions. Hell, I'm 25 and I'd probably do some pretty stupid things if I was driving a Corvette.
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What a load of BS. If they are properly trained in high performance driving, they can handle anything, at 16 even. Look at Joey Logano, he just turned 19? Tommie Johnson Jr. was drag racing in Iowa, (on the track), before he was 16. Graham Rahal is barely over 20. You do not need to get into your mid 20's. One of the top, top, drivers in F1 is Sebastian Vettel, he is only 21. F1 cars are hands down the most difficult to drive cars on the planet. The real problem is drivers ed. Every kid should be required to attend a high performance driving school before getting a license. But that costs a ton of money, so who is going to pay for it????
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Are you saying let's just train everyone to drive a race car and let them loose on the freeway in Corvettes? I don't think that would turn out very well. |
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No doubt they were racing or at least goofing off. You should see some of the things I've seen on 285.
The normal speed on the low end is around 80mph for light traffic. You will get run over if you don't keep up. The speed limit is 55 There used to be a group of motocycles that would boast times on completing a "lap" (It's a loop around Atlanta) I saw them one night about 3am and they were doing at least 150mph But luckily (safety wise), most of the time it's backed up with traffic. |
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And the age old debate rages on.
Basically, people, (what ever age) need to understand vehicle dynamics and Physics as it relates to the operation of a vehicle. I don't give a rat's rear end what the age is. There are enough old turds like me who drive like idiots as much as there are young turks doing stupid stuff. Learn what a car can do, learn how it reacts, learn how to manage it properly, and last but not least learn to drive responsibly and defensively. Too many people expect everyone else to get out of their way, and that just doesn't happen. Oh, and keep the racing on a track not the street ! I'll go change my depends now!
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Statistics will work against your argument though.. It is the young that have far more a problem than the old..
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