Teenage car insurance!!!!!!!!!

oh no i fit into the young drivers/ riders category too

but i have known too many accidents in my network of people, its a little concerning

and i would love a sports car, but owning one doesnt mean you are going to be irresponsible

there are a few brilliant drivers i know, and they generally seem to be the more intelligent type, rather than the lets race our mates

Originally Posted by Wideboy

i think they're changing the law to have a minimum of 2 years lessons, which is good because young people wont be able to afford to do there license but bad because some people may need to drive

its a tough area i agree

[Wideboy]

i think the way to go would be to restrict what cars young drivers can get, i know people who have passed there test and have bought pulsar's and mg zr's (2 of my mates), but then again how can that law be policed

aha good idea !

yes i remember thinking about this a while ago, and i too thought of restrictors

i mean i have one on my sv, why should a 17 year old be allowed to have anywhere up to 200mph at their hands?

it wouldnt cure the idiots, but you're always going to get a good few. At least it means that you cant go driving hell for leather

[Wideboy]

+1, well draper, all we have to do know is become the heads of the DVLA

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by Wideboy

+1, well draper, all we have to do know is become the heads of the DVLA

well you can almost spell, and almost string a coherent sentence together, so you're already better qualified than anyone at the DVLA that i've experienced...

head of the dvla, i'm onto the job as we speak

My first car was ford fiesta 1.1l f reg, in 97 that cost £666 TPFT, I got an escort now, which I got back 03, that cost less than mobile/month on montly insurance payments.

Insurance has got very expnsive since I got licence, I got 7 years NCD on the car now, it worth paying up for yourself when you first start out. I did now I got the no claims which is useful.

When I moved to London it was either buy a newish car (I wanted a Type R) or learn to ride. I decide to get a bike insteaed, my mate at work got a type it cost him a ton of money to insure and run. I'm very happy I got the bike, my car spends most of its life just being parked up. So a Type R would have been a waste, not mention the cost of the fuel! I got a quote for about £1000 for comp insurance.

I got a quote for another bike I want £1600, for comp but after a year of having the bike licence its goes down by a half at least!

[quote=Draper;1332086]i mean that figure is abit ridiculous for a 1L, but wow, young drivers are complete idiots.
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I hope you didnt mean to tar everyone with the same brush...

yes i would agree there are a lot of stupid drives out there, however there are equally ppl like me who take the responsibilty of owning a license very seriously and as a privilege. Furthermore i didnt have a daddy to bail me out or insure me on another car if i broke it....

I have had my driving license 5 years and as such clocked up nearly 200k miles, the experiance i have had is invaluble, but imho does not warrent a £1200 premium, however we are all aware how insurance works and as such its lump it or leave it i guess...

[yorkie_chris]

Whats the point of restricting cars?

I can break the speed limit and fall off a restricted bike perfectly well, and I'm sure I could crash a restricted car into a busstop full of retarded children as well.

The eejit chavs wouldn't keep restrictors fitted, theres no way to make them tamper proof, and it wouldn't be enforceable anyway.