What the hell kind of bullpoo is this? When someone is tested and deemed worthy of being issued a driver's license, it should come with full privileges and responsibilities. Otherwise, don't issue the goddam thing.
Think of it as AutoDependency in Action 3560Done, and done. But walking to school and then walking home doesn't make for much of a life. I happen to live within easy walking distance of all schools my children would have to...
State With Most Dangerous RoadsNominate your state. I nominate Virginia. We have roads around here with: Guard rails with ends not buried in the ground so cars can still hit them. Little ditches very close to...
Besides, the only way that new drivers are going to accumulate driving experience is by *getting* driving experience. To that end, it makes no sense to restrict the times of day and night, and other circumstances, when someone is allowed to drive.
To my mind, if younger drivers are inherently less safe than more experienced drivers, that's too goddam bad. At least they have good eyesight and reflexes, unlike the worst of the elderly drivers out there who are the *real* menace to the rest of us (as well as themselves). 'Course, young drivers don't have an advocacy group, an equivalent of the AARP, for craven, vote- hungry politico-whores to pander to. Coincidence? Perhaps...
It's telling that some of these conditions are being tightened relative to what they originally were, too. Much like the situation with ever-tightening automobile emissions standards, the initial driving restrictions were just the proverbial camel's nose in the tent. Now sanctimonious politicians will see this issue, this solution in search of a problem, as an opportunity to grandstand and a way to make a name for themselves.
I'm sure glad I got my license in the Seventies, before anybody dreamed this sort of chickenpoo up.
Geoff
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