Youthful Drivers

I think it is a wonderful idea. Way too many of our children are dying on the roads today. The only downside I can think of is that if a child is driving a parents car. I would not want to be bothered with a decal on my license plate that identifies me as being a youth driver and being pulled over unnecessarily, cause I cant afford to buy my kid a car at the moment. Also what about when kids borrow their parents cars?

I think alot of it also depends on the parents of these drivers and what we allow them to do. In NY they can't drive after 9 unless they are working. They can't even drive home from school events later than 9. No one can use cellphones in NY while driving. I can tell you that my son is 17 and he is very responsible. He has been stopped alot by the police for really crazy reasons. Most of the time we think it is just to check up on him because he has other teens in the car with him. It gets to be a little annoying especially when it makes him late for work or a school event. He has never gotten a ticket, but stopped for loud exhausts~ then they check the car and id's of all the kids. Then he gets told that his exhaust is fine. I keep telling him to just be safe, drive careful and make sure to have only the number of kids allowed in the car. He always makes them buckle too. Some parents just let their kids get their liscense and think that they know it all. They have to be responsible for their kids actions.

I think its the smartest idea that anybody has ever had on tackling the issue of accidents caused by young motorists. I live in Kentucky and they have changed the laws on recieving your driver's liscience for the first time. It use to be that you only had to wait six months before you could go and take your physical part of the test before you actually get your DL. Since, the law requires young motorist to complete a certain amount of hours before being able to take the test. The accident rate in teens has gone down tremendously and will continue to. Experiance is the best key in the attack on traffic accidents caused by young teenage drivers.

I cant comment on the laws in your area. But in Australia there has been a massive move for youth drivers. Now drivers are required to do a minimum of 100hours of learning driving before they are allowed to dirve by themselves (it was previously 50). They then move onto a P plater stage, which is a probational stage. If they break any road laws and get caught they have to go through the learning process again. P plates are held for 2years. They have also restricted the use of mobile phones, hands free devices are not even allowed anymore. They have also introduced a power/weight ratio for youth drivers, meaning they cannot own a powerful vehicle.