That is so stupid of her to do that! I don't really know of those types of spoiled people around here, however. I hope you (or someone else) can catch her doing that so that they can take away her license!

It seems that where I live, they're a little less strict about driving. Although, they are planning on making us keep our permit for 1 year instead of 6 months (but I don't have to...since I've already got it). Back to the point now: I do belive that there should be more strict laws for people who drive unresponsibly (especially around where I live..and I don't just mean teens, either).

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They have that system in place here, as it has been for a few years, now, and it was in place when I went to get my license. At first I thought regulations like that were going to get in the way and be annoying, but then I realized.. even if the government didn't put those rules in place for me, my Dad would have, so it didn't matter. :B
Parents can't be everywhere and do everything, but they could put a few more restrictions on some kids.. it wouldn't hurt them ^^;

I agree with a lot of people here, though, that say elderly people are generally more of a problem than most teens XD;

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I don't think that all teens should be banned from driving, but this girl will cause an accident one day if she start taking drivng seriously! What a stupid thing to do. I hope the cops arrest her for driving without care and attention! That should stop her from being so stuck up! And thanks Zythrix for the explanation.

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There’s no reason to believe that teens should not driving, or parents should not give their good cars to teens. Teens that are smart, confident and daring can actually drive much well than adults. I started driving when I was 13, now I am 26, but still believe that, so its not I am advocating teens, but I feel that, in a long run these acts make them more responsible and mature.

I remember my days when our neighbor’s calls use to reach my home before I did about my driving. I use to like driving really fast. But never ever got to even touch another car I feel when people drive fast they are more alert and do not make mistakes. Driving and boredom should not be mixed. I guess most of the adults with lots of mental work going in their minds are the main cause of accidents.

Extreme elderly are another reason of accidents. Though I respect them a lot. But dmv's should retire them after some age. Last time I just went to rent a car at Nationals, by chance I was helped by a very old lady, she could barely understand why I wanted to rent a car, finally I left apologizing and saying I will rent it later, even the customers commented, she messed it. So the aim is to make it clear, some incidences are not enough for judgments. The world is big and lots of changes take place it takes some experience to come to conclusions.

I don’t want to say here that what she does is good, that a stupid act, but because of some teens, all should not be categorized or judged like that. Vehicle is a machine; we should not play with it. But teens should be educated and encouraged to show their capabilities. I don’t like teens to be fearful and nerds sitting in their parents laps....

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You know, I'm a teen driver, and I've never been in any accident, I'm proud to say. The worst I've had is going in too fast on an exit ramp that turns sharply (many in Vermont) or such things. My mother caught me several times when I would have been in near accidents, very simple things though like pulling out of a driveway too sharply in such a way that I would turn into a nearby parked car, etc.

I hear that there is supposed to be an initial learning experience, there is supposed to be "the incident" with the young driver where they either crash or come near one so that they are shaken and take extra care to have it never happen again, but for myself I know my dad has never been in one, nor my three succeeding stepdads (long story) execpt for this one where it wasn't my stepdads fault.

That's not to say I've been without car troubles however that ought to be blamed on me, as I have driven up and down from a curb once, giving myself exhaust problems so that the exhaust pipe was broken before it reached the muffler, making my car has a racecar like sound. I think the real key though is to be sharp as hell and worried that the acident could come and look very carefully at the what ifs to see if any near-misses have occured, you'd be surprised, they happen. I think that you should thank ... something... if you are so lucky and try to use that in the place of a hard core actual learning experience. In fact that may be a kind of mark of wisdom, to make lessons for your self or search out sequences of logic or circumstances so that you make adjustments without having to have the problem present itself in the form of a wrecked car, with you wishing you wore your seatbelt or something.

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