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here is South FL old people are the worst drivers. I always see them going at 40 in the highway, changing lanes with out looking or braking suddenly with out no reason.
I'm more afraid of a 80 year old than a 16 year old behind the wheel.
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I can predict an 80 year old better than a 16 year old so I can avoid any problems with an 80 year old. They are typically slower and easier to avoid. They only wonder in my way by accident and I can see that coming. Honking causes an 80 year old to correct their mistake. The hard breaking is also easy to avoid as I can see through their untinted windows at the traffic ahead. Their slower reaction times cause hard braking but its predictable. A teenager is harder to predict. Normally goes faster rather than slower, cuts people off knowingly to get ahead in traffic and goes from accelerating to hard breaking due to lack of planning ahead. Honking only causes more erratic behavior out of anger, embarrassment or adrenaline. Its the difference between avoiding a tortoise or a rabbit on crack. I can know where the tortoise is headed but that rabbit on crack can come out of anywhere and do just about anything with no warning. |
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06-18-2007, 06:12 PM | #93 |
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+1 Just saw a senior citizen yesterday trying to enter an interstate using an off-ramp.
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06-18-2007, 06:16 PM | #94 |
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Argument is still valid. The kid shouldn’t have been driving. Parents aren’t parenting. The kid was still inexperienced and that caused the accident. Whether the car was given to him or was taken from the parents, there still is a lack of parenting. If they have a delinquent kid they should be hiding the keys or be on trial for accessory to manslaughter right next to their killer kid.
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06-18-2007, 06:19 PM | #96 | |
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How would they know if they have a 'deliquent kid?' I mean when a kid with a 16 year old brain gets behind a BMW 335i (for example), they can act totally differently. Not necessairily something the parents can see coming. I mean if he had like a record of wreckless driving sure, but unless I missed something I don't think that was the case. Just my 2 cents
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lol i saw that coming
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If you are rear ended, hit head on, forced off the road or your life is otherwise endangered by a sucky driver I seriously doubt you would be interested in the reason for the sucky driving or trying to define what sucky driving is. You would be pissed that a sucky driver caused an accident that endagered your life, providing you still had a life to be pissed over.
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lol i wouldnt say "generally speaking"...in fact kids could be way better at driving because they have a quicker response time to unexpected occurances....
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If we hold parents more accountable for the actions of their kids then they might start parenting again. Something that has seemed to stop in recent years. We cant always shrug off responsibility just because the kid was young. |
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Just asking. All the reflexes in the world can't break the laws of physics. Nor can they be a substitute for the experience of driving proactively with an understanding of the things that can occur during a drive, and the way a vehicle will behave during conditions and manuvers.
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I got news for you, in most states the parents ARE responsible for the criminal and civil liabilities of a minor CHILD. Everything they own will belong to the family of the victims after the wrongful death trial.
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I wish I knew where the report and articles were on this one. I think 20/20 even did a report on this. Reaction times dont make up for inexperienced driving habits. Older drivers tend to slow down to counteract their reduced reaction times while younger drivers put themselves in dangerous situations only to rely on reaction times to avoid a problem. There is data on this somewhere. I don’t feel like spending time on this so you can choose to believe or not believe me on this one.
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EDIT: Insurance pays out but the parents are allowed to provide for their families. Wages are garnished and sometimes a few possessions sold but the parents dont truly suffer for not raising their kid right. Its closer to being unconvinced. Its not like everything they have is taken away. Judgments aren’t carried out as harsh as it sounds on the news or in the movies with everything being taken away. Last edited by user1; 06-18-2007 at 06:51 PM.. |
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Age limit on high performance cars
My deepest condolences out to the family of the 87-old man.
I think that similar to sportbikes in Europe, an age limit and classification on high-performance cars would make sense. That is, no-one under 21 should be allowed to drive any small passenger car with i.e more then i.e 200 Bph. There is undisputed evidence that young age has a strong correlation to accident rates (as well as having young passangers in the car) |
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06-18-2007, 06:39 PM | #108 | |
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Spoiling the kid? See there is where the huge issue is. Many on here are angry a KID owns a vehicle that took them so long to get. Spoiled? Having a car can be considered spoiled. Having a BMW in some areas can be considered common. In hindsight giving a kid a car period is irresponsible. They are not safe even for adults and use so much money.
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I completely agree. IMHO, you should be required to pay a one time fee of $2,000 to get a drivers license, in addition to testing being more difficult to pass, plus everyone under the age of 21 should have a recorder installed in their car that documents their driving habits. Maybe one time going 130MPH would be overlooked as good will, but if the driver is going 30MPH over the speedlimit every single day something should be done. This would weed out most of the riffraff.
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It's called publicity. The 300,000 automobile injuries yearly due to alcohol are not publicized. If they were, you'd need a news channel just for them. |
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