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Originally Posted by baddest434
kids are worse nowadays then they were years ago. why? years ago not everyone had a cell phone to talk or text while they were driving and the fast and the furious was'nt out yet. i blame it all on those F&F movies.
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Originally Posted by cbrrmike
cd's, dvd's, cell phones, more congestion, less care given in drivers education, nicer/faster cars at more accessible prices. lots of factors
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All true, plus cars just were not as fast 'back in the day'. My first car was a 76 Camaro with a 350/4bbl and a TH350. OD lets you got a lot faster. You young guys take stock 13 second cars for granted, but cars have never been as fast as they are today. They didn't handle as well either, which also slowed you down. Hitting a tree at 40 is better than hitting a tree at 75. Add that to these reasons.
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Originally Posted by Frosty
To tag an innocent child's car because of what they MIGHT do is ludicrous but since it's in the name of "saving kids" people sheepishly go with it.
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With all due respect, bulls**t. They are not "innocent children". They are young adults driving 4000+pound death machines that in 98 out of every 100 cases they are incapable of driving. And stats always prove that young people & accidents go hand in hand, partly (probably a big part) due to inexperience, partly due to a stupid feeling of invincibility. Hell, just look at the wannabe street racer idiots. You can tell them until the earth explodes it is dangerous and stupid, but its always "hey, **** off, we're race car drivers". Right, and I'm the King of Siam.
I agree with the provisional license concept. The problem is how to enforce it. I'm not sure a sticker/marker is helpful, but there needs to be some way to keep kids honest while not simultaneously giving cops the legal to pull over any car with a kid driving just because he's a kid.