[Androgeos Exeunt]

* Androgeos Exeunt has voted and skips three pages of posts.

The driving age should be increased to 18. Have you read about the sixteen-year-old who lost control of his car on a wet road and crashed into a tree in Singapore?

The thing is that while most people can follow the lines on highways, some people cannot. Half a year ago, while I was sitting on a shuttle bus to my polytechnic, I saw a driver weaving across four lanes, as if he was doing a scene for some film.

And consider this: younger people are more daring and impulsive. They may break the Highway Code just to impress their friends or win a bet.

[BengalTiger]

Out of curiosity, how long do you people have a DL?

4 years for me.

[Stormkeeper]

Not yet. In the process of getting one tho.

[BloodEagle]

* Androgeos Exeunt has voted and skips three pages of posts.

The driving age should be increased to 18. Have you read about the sixteen-year-old who lost control of his car on a wet road and crashed into a tree in Singapore?

The thing is that while most people can follow the lines on highways, some people cannot. Half a year ago, while I was sitting on a shuttle bus to my polytechnic, I saw a driver weaving across four lanes, as if he was doing a scene for some film.

And consider this: younger people are more daring and impulsive. They may break the Highway Code just to impress their friends or win a bet.

Both stupidity and fate know no age, let alone the difference between two years of age.

[Stormkeeper]

*snip*

It was 18, then they just changed it to 21. You have to be 21 to drive. I can go learn now.

[BengalTiger]

Then they'll find out that unexperienced 21 y/o's make tons of accidents, raise the minimum to 25, and require some guardian with a DL for at least 10 years, for the first 5 years someone has their license.

Hell, one day they'll just figure out that non-gov officials don't need to drive at all, and ban cars altogether. The accident death rate would drop to a dozen per year.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driver%27s_license_in_the_United_States#Licensing_Laws_by_State -a few states give a learner's permit at 14 (!)

[Polpolion]

*snip*

It was 18, then they just changed it to 21. You have to be 21 to drive. I can go learn now.

21? I take it that your country has absolutly no rural or suburban population whatsoever, right? I lol at all the people who excpect these laws to work in the US midwest/southwest.

[Whitelight]

My rant
Um, older drivers need to execise judgment while driving, it becomes so routine..

But, then you think you know what the guy, or girl driving in front of you is about to do.. Thats when it happens, they suddenly brake and make a turn, and no turn signal.   Or, your comming up on an intersection, and a car is stopped at the intersection, and as you approach they suddenly dart out in front of you, I have had both types of drivers. Yes its not just the younger drivers.

All drivers should follow the rules of the road, reguardless of age.

Edit I voted yes in the poll. I have been driving 33 years.

[Polpolion]

Sigh...

Why does it always work out that the responsible members of society are the ones punished for the opposite people's deeds?

 

[Dark Hunter]

Because, being the responsible people, they accept the responsibility?

[Stormkeeper]

21? I take it that your country has absolutly no rural or suburban population whatsoever, right? I lol at all the people who excpect these laws to work in the US midwest/southwest.

Its Singapore, sizzler. I could walk the length of it in a day or two.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Its Singapore, sizzler. I could walk the length of it in a day or two.

Not literally, of course, but yeah,  I agree.

Sizzler, you have no idea how slow the roads are in Singapore. According to Simon Cowell, it takes an hour to travel a mile in London, but in Singapore, the speed limit never exceeds 90 km/h. Anything above that, and the government will come after you. Also note that cars are bing sold here for far higher prices than in America, because we are such a small country.

[Polpolion]

So yeah, I'm right. You have no idea how impracticle that law would be for the US midwest and southwest. In Singapore, chances are you can ride a bike to wherever you want to go. In Michigan, half the places are too far away to do that, and half the time it's too cold to do that. But who cares if my older brother has to get a ride from his mother every day for his commute to college and work? My mother only has a high school junior and a 4th grader to worry about. She's fine doing the 60 mile commute.

Because, being the responsible people, they accept the responsibility?

[Mobius]

Out of curiosity, how long do you people have a DL?

4 years for me.

I have it since 09/11/2008. Not even a month ago...and I voted yes.

[Colonol Dekker]

Play nice now. . .