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AAA Proposes Tough Measures to Improve Teen Driver Safety

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..and furthermore I'd raise the driver age to 21 and get these reckless morons off the road.



The study found that drivers aged 15 to 17 were involved in crashes that killed 30,917 people in the past decade. About a third of those killed were teen drivers. Another third were their passengers. A quarter were occupants of other vehicles. The rest -- about 8 percent -- were nonmotorists.

In recent years, every state has introduced some new restrictions on new licensees' driving. Few are as tough, however, as AAA and two allied groups -- the Governors Highway Safety Association and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety -- would like.

Russ Rader, spokesman for the insurance industry's safety promotion group, said the new laws are working.

"We know that crashes involving 16-year-olds have declined significantly, and it's because 16-year-olds just aren't getting their driver's licenses," he said.

The two most important safety measures, according to the insurance institute and Darbelnet's group, are curbs on nighttime driving by new young licensees and six-month bans on their carrying teen passengers.
 
i admit they are pretty bad. I think kids need more training and opportunities to drive. I received a license to drive my mother around when i was 14. she couldn't drive and had to have weekly doctor appointments. granted i could only drive with her in the car i still received a lot of experience.

to change the age to 21 is also wrong. If we allow kids to join the military at 18 then we should not have laws that say they are not mature enough to do something else (yes i disagree with the drinking age).
 
Nobody is going to raise the legal driving age morons.

What they should do, and probably will do, is add more restrictions to the type of license kids under 18 receive.

In my state, minors cannot have other minors as passengers in their car during the first year they have their license. In my opinion, they should make this period longer.

They should make traffic school mandatory before receiving a license, regardless of age.

They should make the penalties for traffic safety violations much tougher for drivers during their first few years of having the licenses.
 
30k people in the last 10 years dont seem so bad when you factor in the hundreds of millions of people in the US.

What are some numbers of the accidents and what not of the higher age group ?
 
It is very true (statistically and through anecdotal evidence) that younger drivers are quite horrid.

A lot of it comes down to FVCKING HORRID licensing standards, driver education, and lack of uniformity among the states.

I don't really even know how bad younger drivers are. I haven't ridden with a driver under 21 in quite a long time.
 
Legal reprecussions have to happen to the parents. It's not the government responsibility to monitor teen drivers. It's parents that need to ensure their children act more responsible.
 
Originally posted by: waggy
i admit they are pretty bad. I think kids need more training and opportunities to drive. I received a license to drive my mother around when i was 14. she couldn't drive and had to have weekly doctor appointments. granted i could only drive with her in the car i still received a lot of experience.

to change the age to 21 is also wrong. If we allow kids to join the military at 18 then we should not have laws that say they are not mature enough to do something else (yes i disagree with the drinking age).
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It's not just a training though, I think a lot of it is immaturity and acting stupid behind the wheel. Showing off for friends and whatnot. Not allowing teen passengers could help with that, or it could just result in MORE teens driving because they can't all go someplace together. One teen driving alone = safest. Four teens in one car = not as safe. Four teens in a line of 4 separate cars = a recipe for disaster.
 
Drivers over all need more training. Drivers licence tests should just be way more difficult and harder to get and the skills test should be really really challenging.. mabye done in a computer simulator where it's hard NOT to crash. It's not just the <21 set that need more training, it's everyone!
 
Originally posted by: allisolm
Originally posted by: Captain Howdy
Question of the day, are teenagers worse or better drivers than the elderly?
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Teenage drivers (15-17)more dangerous than previously thought

"Teen drivers killed occupants of other vehicles at a rate almost five times as high as elderly drivers and about three times as high as 45- to 49-year-old drivers..."
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Yeah, I guess it is harder to kill someone if you don't go above 15-25 MPH 😛 I am actually neither so it doesn't matter to me either way, I do remember taking many risks I shouldn't have when I was younger...
 
Originally posted by: acemcmac
Drivers over all need more training. Drivers licence tests should just be way more difficult and harder to get and the skills test should be really really challenging.. mabye done in a computer simulator where it's hard NOT to crash. It's not just the <21 set that need more training, it's everyone!
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I'm not sure more training and harder tests would hurt. Most people who do things wrong when they're driving know they're doing something wrong and do it intentionally.
 
Originally posted by: waggy
i admit they are pretty bad. I think kids need more training and opportunities to drive. I received a license to drive my mother around when i was 14. she couldn't drive and had to have weekly doctor appointments. granted i could only drive with her in the car i still received a lot of experience.

to change the age to 21 is also wrong. If we allow kids to join the military at 18 then we should not have laws that say they are not mature enough to do something else (yes i disagree with the drinking age).
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Yea 21 is to high, 16 to low. But 18 is much better. Maybe a permit until then.

 
Originally posted by: jpeyton
Nobody is going to raise the legal driving age morons.

What they should do, and probably will do, is add more restrictions to the type of license kids under 18 receive.

In my state, minors cannot have other minors as passengers in their car during the first year they have their license. In my opinion, they should make this period longer.

They should make traffic school mandatory before receiving a license, regardless of age.

They should make the penalties for traffic safety violations much tougher for drivers during their first few years of having the licenses.
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they should also institute Retesting for those over 65 yrs of age.

how likely is that to happen?
 
Originally posted by: allisolm
Originally posted by: Captain Howdy
Question of the day, are teenagers worse or better drivers than the elderly?
Click to expand...
Teenage drivers (15-17)more dangerous than previously thought

"Teen drivers killed occupants of other vehicles at a rate almost five times as high as elderly drivers and about three times as high as 45- to 49-year-old drivers..."
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so you are saying elderly drivers are the safest on the road? somehow i don't believe that.

it might be true in absolute numbers but i highly doubt it's true on a percentage basis.

just because common sense tells me there are more drivers in the 30 to 60 yr old range than there is in the 60+ yr old range, hence more accidents will be caused by those on the 30 to 60 yr old range, it also doesn't mean they are more dangerous drivers as the 5 times higher and 3 times higher stat you quoted would indicate.
 
I was a good driver as a 16 year old. They should make you take tests or otherwise prove you are a intelligent, responsible, and considerate driver to get a lisence, as these are the causes of most accidents, not a lack of driving skills.

this would be impossible to do fairly, but I for one, needed to drive when I was 16. Maybe they should only allow driving to/from work and school, cause not as many accidents happen then.
 
I like what most people have suggested so far. I'd like to see the licensing age moved to 18, driver's ed. mandatory for licensing (paid by the driver, not the government), and stricter licensing tests.
What I'd really like to see (ain't gonna happen tho) is that for the first 3 years of licensing, you're limited to a Honda Civic-class vehicle. I hate having n00bs barrelling down the road half in my lane in a larger car/truck/SUV because they don't know how to position themselves properly in their lane.
 
Colorado Law

Friday, July 1 2005, drivers under age 18 cannot carry passengers under age 21 until the driver holds a valid driver?s license for at least six months. After six months, the driver can have no more than one passenger under age 21 until the driver holds a valid driver?s license for at least one year. The exceptions to these provisions of the GDL law are below:
· If your parent or guardian is in the vehicle.
· If there is an adult passenger in the vehicle, 21 years of age or older, who has a valid license and has held a driver license for at least one year.
· If the passenger under 21 needs emergency medical assistance, or
· If the passengers under 21 are members of your immediate family and they are all wearing seatbelts.

Another new provision prohibits driving between midnight and 5 a.m.until the driver holds a valid driver?s license for at least one year. The following exceptions are allowed:
· If your parent or guardian is in the vehicle.
· If there is an adult passenger in the vehicle, 21 years of age or older, who has a valid license and has held a driver license for at least one year.
· Driving to a school or school-authorized activity and the school does not provide transportation (signed statement from school required).
· Driving to/from work (signed statement from employer required).
· Medical emergency.
· Driver is an emancipated minor.
 
Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
Originally posted by: jpeyton
Nobody is going to raise the legal driving age morons.

What they should do, and probably will do, is add more restrictions to the type of license kids under 18 receive.

In my state, minors cannot have other minors as passengers in their car during the first year they have their license. In my opinion, they should make this period longer.

They should make traffic school mandatory before receiving a license, regardless of age.

They should make the penalties for traffic safety violations much tougher for drivers during their first few years of having the licenses.
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they should also institute Retesting for those over 65 yrs of age.

how likely is that to happen?
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Old people vote, they have nothing else to do. And they know they would fail those tests if they started giving them. Never gonna happen. Maybe if we tacked it onto a new medicare bill to fool them.
 
if they want a solution, then they should raise the cost of getting a drivers license and use that money to enforce mandatory training and classes. Or at least make it mandatory that people have to take a a hard as nails driving school in order to get there license (like a 6 month program).

adding more restrictions would just make it a pain and not really do much about the problem, just penalize those that can drive.

Man.. it was such a pleasure to drive in Europe. No one hung out in the left lane, they all knew it was for passing. They didn't have to leave 50 feet when going 5 mph in order to let someone merge in a lane..
 
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