Tomorrow Utah is enacting a law that states that 15 year old can come in and get a learner permit. To me, it seems a little young. We dont live in farming communities where the kids need to drive to the next field.
What are your thoughts on this?
2006-07-31 17:12:02 · 31 answers · asked by D'oh! 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Safety
It was 16. Utah is not all farmland, a great deal of cities. I'm the one who has to deal with the very increased workload with them getting their permits, and the one who has to give them road tests. Yes, DUI's are a problem, as well as older drivers. I road test them also. Usually, the older drivers do better than repeat DUI offenders and young drivers.
Old timer am I? Cant wait till you're to the grand old age of 34... LOL
2006-07-31 17:24:43 · update #1
Let's just line the freeways with tires and matresses
2006-07-31 17:18:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
I learned to drive when I was 13. I watched my siblings while my mother was at work. My parents taught me to drive just in case something happened. I got a learners permit when I was 15. I have only received one speeding ticket. It was 2 am. I was going 60 in a 55. I had just gotten off of work. I was ready to go home! I have never gotten into an accident. I am 24 years old.
I think that it depends on the child. My brother got his permit when he was 17. He has wrecked twice and received a speeding ticket. But he was taught to drive @ the same age that I learned. My parents did not feel he was ready to drive when he was 15. He is 21.
I think that it depends on the child. But I also think that the parents should determine if the child is capable of handling a vechile. Just because one is of legal age to drive does not mean that they should. This also goes for many adult drivers.
2006-08-01 00:23:25 · answer #2 · answered by Liz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't really see a difference between 15 y.o.'s and 16 y.o.'s. I think it's good because it gives younger people a chance to be mobile and leave their communities.
Modern suburban developments weren't built by city planners, but by capitalists. I grew up extremely isolated because there was no where to go unless you had a car. It was very depressing, actually. I hope this will allow younger people to have the idependence and social life I never had.
Young people die in accidents because there is a learning curve, not because they are naive. I suspect you'll see fewer 16 y.o.'s in accidents now to account for their increased experience. The overall death rate for young drivers won't change just because you reduce the age one year. Really wish more states would act intelligently like this.
Drinking ages should also be lowered. Making the age 21 only creates a taboo and illicit appeal. In europe, drinking ages are 14 or so, and the youth are much better w/ alcohol, because it's not this mysterious thing with the allure of being forbidden.
[FWIW, I am 22 years old and have taken several risk analysis classes. I also work for the department of transportation, though I don't have any real power].
My parents wouldn't allow me to drive until I was 18. I've never gotten into an accident in my 4 years of driving.
Had I been allowed to drive when I was 15, it would have opened up a window to leaving my abusive home life sooner. My mother is in her mid-fifties. Despite her decades more driving experience than me, she is a horrible driver because she has anger control issues. When she gets mad, she starts to tailgate and drives really fast in residential zones. Quite scary actually.
One more thing-- public transportation in the US is ****. Until public transportation is better funded and reasonably pleasant, young people should be able to drive. Otherwise, you really limit their accessibility of the world around them. If you are too old to remember what it was like to be a teenager, imagine if you suddenly had your keys taken away from you and were trapped in an isolated suburban hell.
2006-08-01 00:21:59 · answer #3 · answered by sisofphil 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldnt worry, in Alaska its 14!! ... but if i remember correctly they have to complete a drivers ed and defensive driving course if they actually want a license before they are 18... In Illinois where i grew up it was age 15 for a permit and you had to have behind the wheel training if you wanted your license by age 16... or you could just wait till you were 18... So hopefully they have the same rules there...
Besides the younger they start the more experienced they are by the time they can actually drive on there own
2006-08-01 00:17:27 · answer #4 · answered by monie99701 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We need to go the way that they do in Europe. Driving age there is 18. So's the drinking age in countries that have drinking ages; not all do.
Oh, and to the 15-yr old with a permit that THINKS that he or she's a better driver: Bring it on! I'll put my 2,000,000+ miles of experience against you any day, any place, any test, any vehicle! Why do you think your insurance rates are so high anyway?? It's cuz you are a terrible risk!
2006-08-01 00:17:24 · answer #5 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maine has this law has for years. At 15 you can get a permit. but you can not get a liscense untill your 16. then for the 1st 6 months you can not have a passenger in your car under the age of 18. Unless it is family.
2006-08-01 00:16:28 · answer #6 · answered by cin_ann_43 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm 14 and have my permit in SD.
The only real driving problem we have around here anyway is DUIs, and it's not the 15-year-olds who have that problem.
Also, people with leaner's permits really don't drive all that much. There really shouldn't be much of a difference.
2006-08-01 00:16:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How far is your house from school?
How far is the school district limit from your school?
The bus systems are horrible, parents are busy, sports are demanding. All of these things would equal a teenager getting driver rights.
Leave them be old timer and stay home.
2006-08-01 00:16:03 · answer #8 · answered by Joe Knows 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
umm 15 jeez that seems young lol i understand what u meen that in farming communities they need their license at an early age... if this law passes they should make the test for getting ur licese harder.. in
wi it was so easy i did like tons wrong and still got my license lol but i see why the 15 yr olds are exited to drive
2006-08-01 00:19:21 · answer #9 · answered by Tremp kid 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good 4 the 15 year olds
bad 4 the rest of your state
2006-08-01 00:14:45 · answer #10 · answered by yep yep yep 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think it is a good idea,if you get a permit at 16 30 days later you can get a license and start driving.if you get a permit at 15 then you get to practice for at least a year before you can get a license.
2006-08-01 07:37:20 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋