http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/06/15/1276621/wait-til-youre-19-years-old-for.html

Aint gonna do anything safety wise.

6/15/2011 8:01:37 PM

THIS IS HIGHLY ILLEGAL

6/15/2011 8:02:33 PM

I'm 25. This is no longer relative to my interest.

6/15/2011 8:03:07 PM

haha i was hauling an 18' boat 75 mph down the highway with my dad asleep in the passenger seat at 15 years old

6/15/2011 8:05:30 PM

uh, this is for a unrestricted license. that current age is 18.

it just means you have to wait until your 19 to skip drivers ed, read the article

[Edited on June 15, 2011 at 8:05 PM. Reason : ]

6/15/2011 8:05:35 PM

Why not make driver's ed a requirement instead?

6/15/2011 8:08:01 PM

Raise driving age to 21, lower drinking age to 16, make minimum military enlistment age 12.

Hilarity will ensue.

6/15/2011 8:08:29 PM

that would cost the state money^^

[Edited on June 15, 2011 at 8:09 PM. Reason : afds]

6/15/2011 8:08:52 PM

I am cool with them raising it to 17. Or make 17 for solo with two years of driving with parent with a clause that at 18 you don't need any previous limited driving.

6/15/2011 8:12:56 PM

i think all drivers licenses should be at 16 but the test should be much more difficult and in you should have to take a second test after a year or two.

6/15/2011 8:20:28 PM

Test should be much harder.

I'd be happy if half as many licenses were issued.

6/15/2011 8:21:32 PM

so long as they leave my hovercar license alone

6/15/2011 8:22:55 PM

you mean hoveround

6/15/2011 8:24:56 PM

Quote :

"Test should be much harder."

6/15/2011 8:25:56 PM

I'm 23. I don't care anymore. Now that I'm past 21, I feel that I have a duty to make younger people suffer and tell them to stay off my lawn.

6/15/2011 8:29:22 PM

Everyone should have to pass a literacy test before they can start driving if you know what I mean, am I right?

6/15/2011 8:31:08 PM

Quote :

"I'm 25. This is no longer relative to my interest."

6/15/2011 8:32:15 PM

^^I didn't read that, but I'm sure it was interesting and insightful.

[Edited on June 15, 2011 at 8:32 PM. Reason : .]

6/15/2011 8:32:23 PM

^ I too am currently failing to read a number of interesting and insightful posts from a certain user ITT who shall remain unnamed (but it's you)

6/15/2011 8:38:14 PM

TLDR

6/15/2011 8:43:46 PM

I am not talking to you lalalala I can't hear you lalaalala

This has been an Astral Advent presentation.

6/15/2011 8:44:28 PM

Quote :

"I'm 258. This is no longer relative to my interest."

6/15/2011 9:14:37 PM

as long as there's less people on the road, i'm ok with it.

6/15/2011 9:20:01 PM

this is like taxation without representation


the sub 18 crew can't vote so you can fuck'em all you want?

that ain't right.

6/15/2011 9:22:56 PM

fuck those whippersnappers, i want my poligrip and gold bond medicated power, and lots of it by gar

6/15/2011 9:25:30 PM

well i called up my congressman and he said quote
"i'd like to help ya son, but you're too young to vote"

6/15/2011 9:25:58 PM

Quote :

"Raise driving age to 21, lower drinking age to 16, make minimum military enlistment age 12. Hilarity will ensue."

That sounds sort of like the RUF during the Sierra Leone Civil War. We all saw how that worked out.















[Edited on June 15, 2011 at 10:41 PM. Reason : .]

6/15/2011 10:39:55 PM

The tough new "graduated license requirements" are headlined by parents (or other responsible adult) signing off on supervised driving hours. Clearly this is the answer, and there is no way to cheat the system. What we really need is the DMV shuffling more paperwork. Was this conceived by the same folks that thought up the UNC football signout sheet?

6/15/2011 10:44:50 PM

Quote :

"The House subcommittee also approved a new requirement that young drivers submit signed logs to show they had driven at least 60 hours over several months with their parents or other qualified adults riding in the front seat. The Senate originally approved a mandate originally set at 120 hours of supervised driving. The sponsor, Republican Sen. David Rouzer of Johnston County, proposed to cut the hours in half to make the legislation more palatable to teens and parents."

Because everyone always tells the truth.

6/15/2011 10:46:33 PM

^I had to do that in VA before I could get my license.

6/15/2011 10:49:35 PM

DERP

[Edited on June 16, 2011 at 1:17 AM. Reason : hurr]

6/16/2011 1:14:56 AM

I wouldn't mind if they kept things the same, but added serious consequences for stupidity.

One moving violation or at-fault accident and your license is suspended until you are either 19, or 18 with a high school diploma.

6/16/2011 5:22:44 AM

If the gov't wasn't incompetent this is what they would do:

-Make driver's education mandatory. And make people pay for it out of pocket (If you can't afford that then you can't afford a car)
-make the driver's license test harder (much harder)
-require everyone to retake the license test every 2 years

Benefits:
-less traffic on the road
-higher demand for public transportation
-fewer car accidents

6/16/2011 9:18:50 AM

Quote :

"Test should be much harder. I'd be happy if half as many licenses were issued."

agreed... All I had to do to pass my driving test was a three-point turn

6/16/2011 9:31:23 AM

^ same, just came in to say make test harder instead of raise the age.

6/16/2011 9:38:12 AM

In my opinion you shouldn't be able to get a driver's license without first being made to intentionally spin out a car (in a controlled environment). That way you know what can cause it and what it feels like. You should also have to perform a panic stop from 70 mph so you know how to properly use ABS.

6/16/2011 9:49:14 AM