I may be wrong here but aren't a lot of these statistics not only talking about driving experience but also life experience too! By that I mean situational experience whether that be on the road, in work or even in a relationship. Our continual experience changes the way we think and act. Hence we sometimes look back at our teenage years and cringe with some of the things we did or said because our experience and maturity has changed our view.
I think one thing to remember is that there are EXCEPTIONS to every rule and it seems as if NEEMSTAR is the exception when it comes to driving hours - which could mean that his actual experience, reaction and situation management is good. We don't know if NEEMSTAR has his head screwed on and can withstand peer pressure or not but he is still here and so I would hazard a guess he may be able to. A lot of the statistics mention the big issue of peer pressure and that is a whole different thing - no matter how good a young driver is the question is: how good is he at withstanding that pressure to put his foot down and looking good for the 'boys'?
Whatever the argument statistics are needed to build a coherent policy both in government and in business and however flawed they may be they do tell a story, which in this discussion is young drivers are more prone to crashing than the oldies!
Yes of course oldies make mistakes and have crashes but that isn't what this thread is discussing - although there seem to be some cracking stories at the moment about older drivers
