Re: OT'ish: Young drivers :-/ .......

On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 11:39:27 +0100, Flying Rat wrote:

In article <wC%ni.20$rr5.11@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
peter_v.rawlingsSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...

<snip>

3) The all-pervasive "It's My right to do as I please!" (aka "sod you,
Jack!") culture
means that all age groups - and particularly the young - feel it's
okay to take risks
affecting other peoples' lives (if they only gave a single thought
about it!).

<snip>

an intrusive and convoluted way of arriving at a point which could
equally be solved by a scheme of provisional licencing that only allows
those under the age of (for example) 19 from driving any vehicle with
more than 1.2 litres engine capacity and less than 4 seats.

Remove excessive power and enable the young adult to still be mobile.
This could be coupled with the green P plate.

There are plenty who drive untaxed, untested, uninsured vehicles without a
licence or whilst banned, or whilst over the drink-drive limit, or who
exceed speed limits. How will your proposal overcome Peter's very valid
point about the "It's my right to do as I please!" culture.

The gov and various pressure groups come out with all sorts of schemes and
suggestions to improve road safety, and people tend to be quite supportive
as long as it doesn't affect them.

--
the dot wanderer at tesco dot net
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