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Originally Posted by harleyfatboy
Commonsence and curtesy... bygone but hopefully not altogether lost....
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Not lost on this forum, one of the politest place around!
I think we are all better drivers now than just after we passed our test (I am at least), but we all have to start somewhere.
Young drivers are overrepresented in accident statistics, that is the way it is. Does not mean that all younger drivers drive irresponsibly. But some do. We canīt judge everyone on a statistic though.
Donīt know about banning new drivers from motorways, arenīt they the safest places to be?
Drive during "day light only" would not work in my part of the world where there is day light 24h in the summer and hardly any in the winter...
Also a new car today has a lot of safety features, airbags,
ABS,
VSA etc. My first car had none of that!
So there are valid points to putting new drivers in a newer car, however the ammount of power that a new driver should have access to could be debated.
Better a new Type R than an illegally tuned old Escort with no upgraded brakes or other modern saftey equipment.
Of course if anyone (irregardless of age or experience) drives beyond their ability or what is suitable in a particular situation no safety technology will help.