Re: Possible curfew for 17-24 year old drivers
 

Also. I dont see the harm in having a good night and having a sing along. Were you not young once? Lol.

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To be fair mate, It was a very firmly placed tongue in cheek comment, it'll never happen hence my sarcastic /jokey remarks, perhaps I should've added some smiley faces :)

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Tut tut and you're a mod inciting bad reactions from members ;) :thumbsup:

Re: Possible curfew for 17-24 year old drivers
 

Yes, the Beeb are really bad these days about reporting stuff that isn't factually correct. I saw your other comment about them.

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yeah well that's the kind of thing that happens when you give a TT to a kid.

It's not exactly a Nissan micra.

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But isn't that half the problem, cars are that much faster for what you have to shell out for them these days?

Unfortunately it all started off years ago with the advent of the hot hatches, before that it was Austin Maxi's, Hillman Imp's. The fast cars were souped up mini's and GT Cortina's

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no, the problem is it's so expensive to insure a 1litre micra that you might as well get a two litre Vectra instead for £100 more a year.

Re: Possible curfew for 17-24 year old drivers
 

Sadly the stats do say kids crash.

The day my daughter passed her test she was out in my Mondao ST220, 10 years later she still hasn't crashed. For some young drivers enthusiasm exceeds ability, take neighbours kid who flew down the road passed me on the day he passed his test in a 1.6 astra. 4 hours later it was returned on the back of a truck and I congratulated him on bending every panel as he rolled it on a 30mph roundabout and put 2 of his mates in hospital. Chalk and cheese, but they are all tarred with the same brush as being young drivers at the time.

Restrictions such as those suggested place unfair restrictions against the majority of reasonable but inexperienced drivers because of the actions of a few poor young drivers. The current 2 years, 6 points system is a good workable and simple system, extending to 3 years??? I see no problem with. It acts as a brake you know 2 speeding etc gets you back to learner. No alcohol again I think ok, so long as there is the acceptance that a strict 0 is almost impossible.

Late night restrictions no way. It could stop kids coming home, taking parents places (If they get my car they can damn well taxi me) etc.

Re: Possible curfew for 17-24 year old drivers
 

The solution probably arises from saying you're not allowed any points in the first 6 months of driving, up to 3 points in the next year and up to 6 points in the following 2 years (giving them their three year points restriction). - A lot of young people want to drive and so this would provide an incentive to look after the license you've just got.

I also think the black box should be compulsory for all new drivers. One of my friends had one fitted and it saved him over £700 on his insurance. Freedom of movement is unaffected - you can still go wherever you want you just have to pay dependent on the risk that you are.

If you face the facts, young people are more likely to be involved in accidents, serious or not. This is most likely down to their lack of experience and a good way to stop them driving like tools it hit them where it hurts (the wallet).

I wouldn't want a black box fitted, but if it would save me that much money, so be it. I don't speed in my car, I don't drive like a tit and I'm not interested.Luckily, I've always been a year or so ahead of the ridiculous insurance prices. I'm currently paying £400 a year fully comp at 23 - some of my friends two years younger than me are paying up to £2,000 for a 1.1 litre 12 year old pile of ****

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I may be mistaken and hopefully someone can clear it up - isn't the alcohol limit there not so you can have a drink but so you can take medicine containing alcohol?