Is it Time?

[Chubbs]

I think youngsters can drive excitably because driving is relatively new to them. If you increase the minimum age you'll only delay when they'll drive like that and not their driving behaviour.

The only way is through education, maybe some sort of course which is a pre-requisite before you receive your license.

ive been driving 7 years ai still drive like a prick sometimes, im my mind i know im in control and am always aware of whans around me, but thats still no excuse really.

saying that compared to some of the driving i see im a saint.

its begs the question, if there are speed limits why make cars that can go in excess of this, or what not restrict the limits.
I have never seen the point in a car that can go 150mph.

[blinkpip]

dont some people need controlling?

stop abusing everyone you dont agree with talk talk.it does you no favours

Until he realise his personal demons, this sick man will continue to be abusive and a sex pest.

[axs]

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20091114/tuk-teenagers-killed-in-car-smash-horror-45dbed5.html

Sad,sad story becoming all too familar,17 year old lad from Swindon sadly died in a crash last weekend also.
Hope the youngsters on the TEF dont take offence because none is meant but surely its time to review the age young people can drive a car....now ime not suggesting young peeps are all reckless we know thats not the case but surely with cars as fast as they are and the volume of traffic maybe its time to higher the age for driving......it seems to me that more and more young people are dying on our roads and no one seems to bat an eyelid......anyone got any feelings on this or am i talking tosh....as usual!!

Are there more youngsters being killed on the roads than ten years ago?

[leefer]

Are there more youngsters being killed on the roads than ten years ago?

That wasnt my point..that wasnt what i said...it dosnt matter if more or less are being killed Sonic....the point ime trying to make is i personally think that the age should be upped for the age of driving.

[Arriba]

you can drive a truck at 18 now which is lunacy imo.
maybe a periodic driving test should be introduced as drivers of all ages are shite at it?
middle lane hoggers,pensioners completely oblivious to what is going on around them,bmw-merc wankers tearing in and out of lanes and cutting across you to exit the motorway.the list is endless really with examples of dangerous and stupid driving

[Talk Talk]

Are there more youngsters being killed on the roads than ten years ago?

No, it is about 22% lower (the same as most road user groups) since the 1994/1998 average.

The number of deaths in accidents involving young car drivers (aged 17-24) fell by 22
per cent, and almost half the overall drop in road deaths was in accidents involving a
young car driver.

[2008]

http://www.dft.gov.uk/adobepdf/162469/221412/221549/227755/rrcgb2008.pdf

[sonicyouth]

if the problem is not neccesarily the age of drivers then perhaps it's the speed limits? some of the roads around here that are single lane have no speed limits, so people think it's fine to drive at 60 when they are blind corners and nowhere to get out of the way except for high grass verges.

[Talk Talk]

if the problem is not neccesarily the age of drivers then perhaps it's the speed limits? some of the roads around here that are single lane have no speed limits, so people think it's fine to drive at 60 when they are blind corners and nowhere to get out of the way except for high grass verges.

You need one of these James.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Sherman_Tank_WW2.jpg/800px-Sherman_Tank_WW2.jpg

[dell boy]

I've had three accidents in 38 years, two of which were my fault - lack of concentration for one tuning on my radio and the second, driving too fast to take a bend.


Youngsters on a whole today seem to drive with a lot more sense than they did in my generation. I think it was Sonic who mentioned drivers of other generations drive a lot worse than the younger element.

Well I 100% support that, ladies driving on the school run in their big 4x4s are very unpredictable for a start. Kids in the back must be a great distraction, but ladies please learn where your indicators are. The old man in the cap should definitely be banned they not only drive about 10 mph below the speed limit they annoy most other drivers on the road with their dithering.

Last week I was nearly mowed down in a car park by a blind old fucker who just carried on driving away after I had leaped to safety in the trolley rack. Two weeks ago an old chap again with cap was stopped in Windsor driving the wrong way up a one-way street the band were just about to come down at the time so it was actually quite funny.


Back to the original subject, very sad for the family concerned.

[tans]

Until he realise his personal demons, this sick man will continue to be abusive and a sex pest.

ouch

[tans]

Mercedes drivers are a fucking pain in the arse.

Twice within 5 minutes yesterday i was overtaken on double white lines on a bendy road and for what? They end up getting held up by a tractor and we catch them up again.

After the first one overtook us round a bend my mrs then bollocked me when i said "i hope the cunt crashes, that'll learn him". I couldnt think why!

Ive also had one bloke try and pull me out of my car at traffic lights a few years back when i wouldnt let him overtake. He said he'd been involved in an accident a few years before in which someone died. His reaction when i said "Why am i not surprised, didnt learn your cunting lesson then?" was a touch agressive. He cursed me when i ran over his foot and drove off.

Wanker

[sonicyouth]

You need one of these James.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Sherman_Tank_WW2.jpg/800px-Sherman_Tank_WW2.jpg

i think you're right. all of the roads into where i live are single track and i've lost count of the amount of times i've had to get right up on the grass verge to avoid a 4x4 driver who wasn't in the mood to slow down. my poor little clio don't like that

i'm 23 and have been driving for five years. never had an accident in the UK. when i was a new driver, i was constantly trying to push the limits of what my shitty little car was capable of and to see what it was like. i've calmed down a lot since.

[Talk Talk]

ouch

Not at all.

Blinkpip doesn't like me and to be honest, I don't care a jot.

[Arriba]

i thought he was joking.

[axs]

That wasnt my point..that wasnt what i said...it dosnt matter if more or less are being killed Sonic....the point ime trying to make is i personally think that the age should be upped for the age of driving.

it is what you said, and I'm not sonic.