Young Driver solutions, whats your idea on a solution?

Hey guys,

I think u got it right.

No matter what we do, the thing is this. We have to first teach respect for each other. That one persons RIGHTS finishes when another persons begins.

So they may have the right to drive fast, but only when it is safe for everyoen ELSE. not just themselves.

Governing the cars won't work, because they will just borrow mums or dads, or a friends. It may even have the effect of the hoons stealing cars, just to drive them fast. Lets face it, if they were worried about the consequences of the LAW, would they be street racing etc anyway?

And you can't blame mum and dad all the time. The rights of the child outweight the right of a parent to discipline. The family groups say u shouldn't smack, raise ur voice, etc. Now I've heard u can't even suggest to the child that they are being lazy. Even if they are. now don't get me wrong, I'm not saying they should belt their child, and yes they can smack they child...but the problem is what someone considers an appropriate situation to smack a child is not necessarily everyones idea as well. And if the person disagreeing with u is in DOCS....oh well, u lose ur child. What's worst is the kids know tis, and I've seen a number use it.

So if governments want parents to take resonsiblity, then cut them slack.

As for curfews...well that used to be in place in soem places, but the kids just sneaked out.

Teaching them driver training....hmmm...this well teach them more how to get out of trouble. Shouldn't we be teaching FIRST why they shouldn't be doing thinsg to get into trouble.

Don't speed rather than how to get out of trouble when u are speeding??

I thnk what is needed is soem dramatic hands on, met people who did course.

Teach them compassion, empathy, and consquences. Let them meet the people and victims of these accidents. I bet these heaps of peple who would volunteer.

Not just the drivers who were injured, but also the family members left of behind those killed by others stupidity. Mothers who now have to work, rather than raise their kids, because dad got killed ont he way home. The kids whose mum got killed. The drivers who thought it could never happen to them. Stick the kids in a wheel chair for a day.

A two day weekend of really intensive emotional shit.....Something they will remember EVERY time they get behind the wheel.

But it also needs to be a community thing.

Don't let anyone behind the wheel drunk. Don't let them in the car if they are angry. Don't go to any street races unless ur there to stop it, call the police etc. ONLY go to legal drag ones.

I know it is a shit, but man, I don't want to attend the funerals of anymore relatives.

That's me off the soap box for now.

Cheers
d4

last celtic warrior wrote:Some interesting and effective ideas...

1. In order to drive a car properly you have to know how it works, so you should have to build your own from scratch... This also means you tend to be more careful with it. (some of us already do this anyway).

hehe, i like this one, this is what i have done. i used to believe that driving a manual also helped with awareness, but then i hopped in a car with a guy i know and he cant drive for nuts no-matter what he is behind the wheel of.

last celtic warrior wrote:So, if some silly little self centred prick loses control of his turbo Silvia while hooning

Totally off subject...
Silvia drivers are generally quite good 😉
It's the knobjockeys in Skylines you have to worry about!

And speaking of Silvia's...... For as long as I remember I wanted one.

At 18 I got my licence and my dad refused to buy me a Silvia as my first car, so I had to settle for an 85 corolla instead with the promise that if I looked after it I *might* get a Silvia later. Coming up to my 19th birthday one year later I asked again, this time my dad was more welcoming to the idea as I had driven around for one year with no accidents, tickets and I had regularly serviced and maintained the car.

But he was only willing to buy me the non-turbo model and if I wanted to turbo it I had to wait until I was on my open's and pay for it myself. So I got my NA Silvia and of course, being a young person started saving for the turbo conversion right away. Well I've been on my Opens for nearly a year now and guess what, the Silvia is still naturally aspirated!

I grew up and realised that there were better things in life then watching money go down the drain on stupid cars and I decided to travel instead. But my friends who were given turbos/v8's as their first cars have never grown out of it and these days still just want more and more speed.

So when I say I agree with not allowing P platers the right to drive turbo & V8 performance vehicles I'm speaking from my own experience. 17 is sooo very young, give them 3 years before they are allowed to hop into these vehicles and maybe they will have grown out of it too, or hopefully at least they will be mature enough to be responsible behind the wheel.

You can say that the parents should be more responsible in teaching their child from right and wrong, or not allowing them to buy these cars in the first place, but the sad truth is some parents do not give a sh*t about their childs welfare. And nor could you put the brunt of the responsibility onto a 17 year old. Sure, they should know better but at the end of the day (some) 17 yr olds will be 17 yr olds. So maybe we do need to enforce laws in these situations.

[Edited on 25/1/2005 by rice_girl]