driving age

Originally Posted by BanditPat

What difference did that 12 months make for you then? Because I know for a fact its made no difference at all to me pointless to raise the age it wont actually achieve any thing.

Made a huge difference to me... but I grew up in South Africa where almost everybody leaves school aged 18... or nearly 18. Most 17 year old's are still in school. So I was in University when I got my drivers licence (the day after my 18th birthday).

I'm not convinced school-going children should be driving cars of any power. Youngsters still have car accidents in SA - but I'd bet a months wages that if you lowered the age by one year, you'd have more kids driving and more would be killed... thereby proving that raising the age reduces the number of kids killed in car accidents... at least in SA.

Keep 'em in school for another year... make 'em catch the bus!! Builds character it does!!

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by ceeshaw

you'd have more kids driving and more would be killed... thereby proving that raising the age reduces the number of kids killed in car accidents..

You're mixing up causes there.
If more people drive of course there will be more crashes, if less people drive there will be less crashes.

I think the age of 17 is fine. I know some knobheads, I know some competent and careful ones. You've got to have a cut off point with any law.
The knobs you get will still be knobs in a years time.


The only thing I'd change is to make it illegal for parents to fund the whole thing, but try enforcing that one!

I don't think age is the biggest problem, I have far more problem with people who take many attempts to pass a test and only did so casue they learnt the process. My iold housemate failed nearly 10 times before passing. I was in the car with her I was like your going the wrong, she was like I don't like turing right

Also people who come from other countries they drive a year here on a foregin licence and opening the gates to Europe, these people don't drive to our standards and casue many problems. I'm not saying that this always the casue, but I have just seen a lot of this happening.

Surly it should based abaility not age? But yes age has to be factored in as well.

[Bri w]

Age will make little difference but i do accept that maturity that comes with age might. Education, and showing youngsters how dangerous being a prat can be might help.

That said, I'm the wrong side of 50 and i still love 'pushing it' on the twisties irrepective of whether I'm in the car or on the bike.