Possible curfew for 17-24 year old drivers

[Wideboy]

It won't happen. The government make money from premium tax so why would they enforce anything that would effect their cash flow?. It's probably why no MP's will raise the point of stupidly high premiums in the house of plebs. Same goes for fuel duty, it will never fall back to what it was.

You can hardly blame them, as they say "you don't **** where you eat"

Originally Posted by specialone

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

Haha sorry. Id just got up aswel, i should be banned from all forms of communication until atleast an hour after im up.

Unless its for a bacon butty, that makes everything okay.

[BoltonSte]

May come in via the back door though. The lower insurance 'Black Box' that my niece got had a curfew put on it, although a soft one (she sometimes works until 11) where they told her that if she's a few minutes late, it's not an issue. It's there to stop her bazzing around with her mates on Maccy D's carpark at midnight.

IMHO I have never been bothered by racers etc. they overtake then fly off up the road either not to be seen again or in a hedge upside down. The worst driving offenders I come across daily are middle aged blokes who think everything a race and try there hardest nit to let you gain a yard and useless women drivers (just the useless ones) who r to busy doing their make up or feeding there kids on way to school!!
A passenger and power restriction would be a better way to address the problem.

sod the legislation, just let the insurance companies sort it, so long as they incentivise with discounts for participating, not penalties for not

then you have the choice, buy a black box, save the money and comply with whatever curfew they want, or stump up the same cash you have to stump up now and have your freedom

journeys to and from a permanent place of work should be exempt from curfews

hit peoples wallets and they'll only shell out the extra if they really need to

those who don't have insurance break the law anyway and more legislation isn't going to make any difference to them, the only thing that will sort them is enforcement of the legislation we already have

[yorkie_chris]

I can't believe how accepting a lot of people are about this stuff.

Those Sunday morning blasts out with the lads... bend over... you'll be paying more than fuel and tyres when you've been punished for (perfectly legal...) harsh braking and acceleration.

Originally Posted by Fordward

then you have the choice, buy a black box, save the money and comply with whatever curfew they want, or stump up the same cash you have to stump up now and have your freedom

Probably a lot more round given that these won't actually reduce claims...

[Mr Speirs]

I don't think it'll ever happen.

Completely unenforceable and too complicated.

They've been on about raising the age limit on driving since I learnt to drive which over 10 years ago.

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by Mr Speirs

I don't think it'll ever happen.

Completely unenforceable and too complicated.

Not by law but by insurance I think. The rot is already creeping in with black boxes.

I can forsee an interesting trade in bypassing the things to leave them in the front room when you go out.

24? What age to you have to be to be an adult again? You can legally have an 8 year old child at that point, no way that would ever fly.

I wish people would stop messing with Darwin's theory. If you are stupid enough to buy a car at 17 year old and go out and kill yourself then I'm just glad you (probably) haven't yet reproduced. Admittedly that's a bit callous in that they could hurt someone else in the process.

[andrewsmith]

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Not by law but by insurance I think. The rot is already creeping in with black boxes.

I can forsee an interesting trade in bypassing the things to leave them in the front room when you go out.

Not got a electromagnet that'll run on a ciggie lighter