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Originally Posted by speedster
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And it's definitely up to the parents - NOT High School Drivers Ed.
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Unfortunately most parents are not up to standard on teaching anything to their kids, specially driving skills. I was fortunate enough to have attended (on the Army's dime) special defensive and offensive driving courses in Germany in the mid to late 80's. I'm no expert by any means, but I have an intimate understanding of 'my' vehicles limitations and capabilities, that I try to share with my driving-age kid.
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.