Should young drivers be allowed to drive at night?

Question

I couldn't believe when i heard on a new bulletin, on the radio the other day, that some driving organisation wants young people to be banned from driving at night. What a load of complete rubbish! Do these people have nothing better to do with their time, than think up stupid ideas that would cause mass unemployment amongst nightworkers in the under 25 category!
What are other peoples views on this and their reasons behind these views?!

Answer 1

This is not a realistic solution-how would young drivers then gain experience to drive safely at night? What we need is a more structured instruction and license system that requires drivers to learn about the real responsibilities and dangers of being a road user, to take lessons at night and on motorways and to sign a contract which allows them to immediately lose their license if caught driving recklessly or without due care and attention. The current system clearly isn't working as well as it could. Some organisations do offer safety courses to young drivers with amazing results, lets make it compulsory.

Answer 2

Like naughtysissycindy above said and it is a really great ideal, anybody under the age of 18, should be limited, though that most places that would be impossible to do since the average family 2 to 3 cars now, and their kids probably drive them all at one point or another, and limiting it to one kid per car if they are under 18 wouldn't really work it puts more kids out there in separate cars making it more likely for accidents to happen, and the hole car pooling thing saves gas and the environment, environmentalist wouldnt like that very much and if they aren't happy they will make most peoples lifes a living hell... but back onto the subject, its not just the kids that is the problem, the average kid learns how to drive by watching their parents drive for 16 years of their life, if they speed all the time the kids are going to be more likely to speed, its just that most younger drivers aren't as experienced and get scared when something unexpected happens and they freeze up and thats why most younger drivers have more accidents then older drivers, and it doesn't help that illegal street racing is so ridiculously popular either and it seems that anybody under the age of 18 has to have some part in it at one time or another... In my opinion it should be mandatory for new and younger drivers to take a advanced teenage driving class at one of the many higher class driving schools. Most young street racers think they are immortal, and when they see someone die they think that is never going to happen to me... its what I like to call the teenage immortal complex alot of younger drivers have it, kids today are being raised spoiled to the point that they dont have any self responsibility thereforth thinking that nothing bad will happen to them. Edit June 3rd 2007 at 7:41 AM Though if the car manufacturers and the government were willing to spend the money I am sure their is a way to improve on newer cars and include an active limiting system so say if you are in a 45 you can only go a max of 45 and when you pass 35 mph sign the car starts to slowly drop to 35 mph, this should be more then possible to do considering the opticon light system (the things that look like cameras at lights) can detect the infrared frequency given off by emergency vehicles when they are coming and change the lights accordingly to what is needed, embed a unique signature code into the vehicles so for any reason should the IR signal be blocked it will automatically report it to the proper authorities, with location and direction, this would also cut back on theft, and other things like illegal street racing etc.

Answer 3

I agree. I didnt think of mass unimployment tho. good 1. The question is what are the reasons behind THERE views(the people who came up with the idea). I mean if a driver doesnt get experience at driving at night, how will he drive at night. is there reason becuase they are unexperienced? I think what they are trying to imply, is that all young people drive fast and irresponsibly, but its not true what about the responsible ones.

Answer 4

Its just a bunch of pathetic losers coming up with stupid ideas isnt it!! I think its ridiculous and will cause so many problems because im 21 and I would not abide to it. I go out a lot and sometimes drive back if I go far and its usually 4 in the morning and im not stopping going out in a million years

Answer 5

Very good idea. I had some idiot of a young lad smack into my car which was parked for the night and drive off.Young lads just can't drive and they drive way beyond their abilities. I wish the police would do something more about them as they pose a great danger on the roads.

Answer 6

Is this in the Glorious People's Republic of (Formerly) Great Britain? I don't think kids under 18 should be allowed to drive at night, but once you are old enough to serve in the Military you should be (but aren't) considered an adult. In the US 18-21 y.o. are second class citizens.

Answer 7

i disagree as i know a lot of young drivers who do nightshift work so need there car for work but i do agree with the new insurance where you can get you car insured for diffrent times in the day and night so its cheaper for younger drivers but also restricts those who dont need to be out at night when a lot of the anti social behaviour happen with young drivers but another thing what about old gits what the feck are they doing o the road there causing more probs than young drivers driving 10mph on the motorway get them insurance and a diffrent country just for them to drive

Answer 8

As an under 25, I'm 24 and have been driving since 17. I have been driving day and night - and not one accident, or even a speeding ticket. It's all complete bullshit.

Answer 9

it is not the young drivers that are the danger, its the dithering old farts that don't know where they are going and still haven't worked out how to use an indicator yet. My reason for this view is through experience of using the same roads as all other drivers for the past ten years.

Answer 10

There's a whole army of do-gooders and self appointed "experts" who would be very happy to have men with red-flags, walking in front of vehicles, warning other road users and horse-riders of our impending approach.

They're the same type of people who have removed first-aid boxes from work-places, for fear of becoming liable in the event that you suffer an allergic reaction to a sticking-plaster! (I kid you not)

They want to ban fast cars, climbers, pot-holers, rifle shooting, cliff-walking, trucks from city centres, hoodies, cigarettes, alcohol, junk food, things which offend public decency, adult entertainment, toy guns, children going on field trips, canoeing, fishing, sailing, hang-gliding, internet chat rooms, freedom of speech, freedom of expression, controversial films, books and plays.

They are called "the new puritans" who find a voice in the press and in politics today and who have contributed heavily in making Britain the dullest and most oppressive society in Europe.

My one wish is, that the young of to-day can see these people for what they are, and tell them where to go. They can, of course, use their vote to get rid of a party which has enacted 2,000 laws, created a police-state and systematically dismantled the British way of life and its traditional respect for individuality and freedom.

As for under 25's driving at night, I would have thought that they were the best equipped of all, because they tend not to be blind.

Aren't you glad that you live in such an OLD country with such ANCIENT traditions?

Maybe the idiots who dream up these ideas, and presumably get paid large amounts of money for doing so, should remember that it is the young who are the backbone of the economy, and especially those who are in the 17-20 age bracket, who work harder and longer than most, and who are in such short-supply, that we actually need migrant workers to plug the gap.

Unless the questioner happens to be the young "w*****r" who passed my truck doing at least 150mph the other week on a wet rural road, in what was probably a stolen BMW 7-series, I would suggest that they just ignore what these fools come out with.

"Have fun, but play safely"


(The person who claims that people over 50 shouldn't drive at night, should be aware of the fact that 90% of nightime truck drivers are over 50, and pass stringent eyesight tests)