At 17 they can enlist. They can serve their Country, operate military vehicles and die in combat. These new restrictions should not target teens but new drivers.
I’ve driven in many states and NJ drivers are about the worse I have ever seen. I can think of another way to make it safer for teen drivers in NJ…teach the adults how to drive safely and courteously. I see more people run stop signs and red lights, cut people off, and speed excessively etc. etc. etc. here in NJ than I’ve seen anywhere else.
are those tags going to help? Is this going the same way as hanging those “baby on board” warning messages we used back in the 80’s? What is going to prevent the inexperienced driver from removing those tags? What a waste of tax money.
We should all go back to defensive driving…isn’t that what we are taught inthe first place?
Actually, I have driven in San Fran a couple of times and thought it was a pleasent drive. I’d drive there over almost any city in NJ any day. I hear L.A. is pretty tough though.
What’s missing is the importance of Driver Education. Having behind the wheel is great but what if the parent/guardian is a lousy driver? Kids need real formal instruction on the right way to drive as well.
Interesting stats 59,000 accidents with 35 fatalies. I wonder if the people which set up this article looked a the number of accidents involving 20-23 yr old drivers or perhaps 27-30 or some other 3 yr age group. Would the results be much different?
Interesting question. If you look at the stats, there actually 80 killed (35 drivers plus 45 passengers); but still, that’s only 0.14% of the number of accidents (and presumably a much smaller percentage than the number of teens IN an accident).
In 2005, there were just over 6,420,000 car crashes; about 39,000 were fatal (killing just over 42,000). That equates to 0.61% of crashes being fatal.
2007 crash statistics indicate that 3,108 teens died in car accidents. That is 7.57% of all people killed in car crashes (41,059).
Figures don’t lie and liars figure. Seems teens are doing better than the population as a whole. Now, a lot of that has to do with the number of miles driven; I’m not sure how the accident rate compares on a “per 1,000 miles driven” basis. Would be interesting to see, though.
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At 17 they can enlist. They can serve their Country, operate military vehicles and die in combat. These new restrictions should not target teens but new drivers.
I’ve driven in many states and NJ drivers are about the worse I have ever seen. I can think of another way to make it safer for teen drivers in NJ…teach the adults how to drive safely and courteously. I see more people run stop signs and red lights, cut people off, and speed excessively etc. etc. etc. here in NJ than I’ve seen anywhere else.
are those tags going to help? Is this going the same way as hanging those “baby on board” warning messages we used back in the 80’s? What is going to prevent the inexperienced driver from removing those tags? What a waste of tax money.
We should all go back to defensive driving…isn’t that what we are taught inthe first place?
Driver, I guess you’ve never driven in the San Francsico Bay area….PLENTY of
that going on here.
Heh…Heh..Heh..
Actually, I have driven in San Fran a couple of times and thought it was a pleasent drive. I’d drive there over almost any city in NJ any day. I hear L.A. is pretty tough though.
What’s missing is the importance of Driver Education. Having behind the wheel is great but what if the parent/guardian is a lousy driver? Kids need real formal instruction on the right way to drive as well.
Interesting stats 59,000 accidents with 35 fatalies. I wonder if the people which set up this article looked a the number of accidents involving 20-23 yr old drivers or perhaps 27-30 or some other 3 yr age group. Would the results be much different?
Curious,
Interesting question. If you look at the stats, there actually 80 killed (35 drivers plus 45 passengers); but still, that’s only 0.14% of the number of accidents (and presumably a much smaller percentage than the number of teens IN an accident).
In 2005, there were just over 6,420,000 car crashes; about 39,000 were fatal (killing just over 42,000). That equates to 0.61% of crashes being fatal.
2007 crash statistics indicate that 3,108 teens died in car accidents. That is 7.57% of all people killed in car crashes (41,059).
Figures don’t lie and liars figure. Seems teens are doing better than the population as a whole. Now, a lot of that has to do with the number of miles driven; I’m not sure how the accident rate compares on a “per 1,000 miles driven” basis. Would be interesting to see, though.
because they restrict visibility. The hang tags commonly used for parking lots are supposed to be removed when driving.