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Question

too many young driver die each year as the result of traffic accident. what are the meaningful solutions to solve this problem . put down as many as you can remember no matter how ridiculous it might sound.thanks

Answer 1

teach at a younger age but keep the license at 16. they will have more time practicing and learning judgment. they just sit in a class taking notes, drive for a few hours, and have a license. That is not enough experience! Have them drive around the block and a small neighborhood at 13. Perfect practice makes perfect.

Answer 2

I think teens need to start learning at an earlier age. I think it should be taught, not just learned through life and daily experience, before they actually aquire their license. There will be more time for the rules of the road to sink in. Also, I think having a learner's permit for at least 2yrs is a good idea. Require that an adult age 21 and up be present in the car and no more than 1 passenger under age 21. Generally speaking, stricter guidlines are needed. I believe this will reduce the number of teenage deaths.

Answer 3

Make the legal age for a license 18. Make students take a FULL YEAR of driver's ed, including a lot more behind-the-wheel experience with an instructor. Make them more responsible for their own actions (age 18-21, 1 ticket gets you suspended until you are 21). If the vehicle belongs to parents, and under 21 driver has ticket, make the parents pay also for permitting uneducated, untrained driver behind the wheel.

Answer 4

My father started us driving in the desert and on private land, when we were about 6-7 years old, as soon as we were tall enough to reach the pedals. We all learned to drive a manual transmission first. By the time we were 13 or so, we all had some experience with a race car (Nascar). By the time we were 16, we were all well-trained in driving so that we didn't need restrictions on time of day or number of passengers, and well-educated in how to avoid accidents when others were driving badly around us. We learned how to hold onto the car so it didn't get wrecked into oncoming traffic, or spin out when it hydroplaned, or anything else.

My first experience with hydroplaning on an actual road, I was still able to drive comfortably at the speed limit, even though I was skidding more than I was gripping the road for about 17 miles. I have still never been a driver in an accident, at age 27, because I learned how to drive defensively, even at 90-100mph, and what to do (and what NOT to do) to avoid getting into an accident, even as one happens right in front of me. This is because I had received such extensive, lifelong training in how to handle a car. It's a deadly weapon, like a gun, and it takes more than a few months of trial-and-error practice to learn how to handle it.

We're not horribly special kids, any of us. We're all pretty average, even a little irresponsible, but good solid training overrides that. Maybe this would work with other kids... start driver training in first grade, with electric or pedal-powered vehicles, or some such thing. We make those stupid electric cars for young kids as a toy, why not as a teaching tool. Make it an optional part of school if you want, that parents can choose, like band class is an option. We teach so much in school, I guess it seems irrational to take more time from academics to teach driving to kids who can barely read. But, I wonder if they'd do better in school, with a bit of training in being responsible, and with a "perk" like drivers ed to look forward to. And then there's the long-term benefit to society. Spend 10 years teaching them to be safe drivers, and I imagine we'd see great savings. Fewer wrecks to clean up, fewer dead to bury, fewer bright minds lost, lower insurance costs. All of that would do great things to our economy.

Answer 5

1. Make the age to get your license 18 not 16 because they are more likely to be responsible.
2. Make the permit test and driving test so much harder it is so easy so immature people who shouldn't be driving are getting their license (at least in Ohio).
3. Put drivers ed back in schools because most people aren't paying to go to driving school so they aren't being educated about all the teenager deaths as a result of driving accidents.
4. Make it harder for teenagers who aren't 21 yet to get alcohol.

Answer 6

one thing make sure they have really had enough experience with driving to be on the roads in the first place...i think they should just drive on dirt roads or roads that do not have a lot of traffic until they are really more experienced...another make sure that they do not go out with a bunch of boys cause when they get togethter they may show off and could cause them to get hurt..or as you have mentioned killed....i know to make sure they are not drinking or on any kind of medicine.. i know it is hard for a parent because they do not know what kids have in there minds now a days.. they may be fine alone but when they get with friends they tend to act differently.. i do not think they need to talk on the cell phone while they are driving either...they need to go the speed limit even if they are late because it is better to get there late than never....watch out for other drivers too. well this is a few i can think of but i am sure there are others...do not drive when real tired or have not had much sleep....do not be out till early morning either..

Answer 7

young drivers think that nothing will happen to them. how many get drunk and drive. they should not be able to drive until they are older around 21. they are also always talking on the cell phone. every state should give out tickets for talking on the cell phone while driving. if your phone rings you should pull over and if you can not pull over, don't answer it. let them talk into the answering machine and call back later. also they should follow speed limits.and not drive so fast.