Maybe it's time for change

[marwi_3023]

The reason P platers are over represented in accidents is because they aren't taught how to drive

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10-17/canberra-p-platers-issued-reprieve-as-government-does-u-turn/...

A few years ago I was teaching my friend how to drive and he was getting better at it until he started doing paid lessons.
The paid instructor was only interested in getting him to pass the test.
Not on how to drive safely.
I still refuse to get in the car with him.
I also believe that anyone who is going to teach someone how to drive should have to get accreditation that only lasts six months.
I had an L plate Range Rover pas me on the highway once and they were going well over 120 kph.

[marwi_3023]

2009

[springyzone]

I think part of the reason the P platers are over represented in accidents is many of them are young. i attended a lecture once where they mentioned that the male brain is not 100% set till about age 25, so what you get with teens and young 20s is a lack of appreciation of the consequences of risk taking or a lack of judgement. Also a lack of control.

That's why so many soldiers who are young might die-they take risks where an older person might be cautious.

It's why so many train surfers are under 25.

I'm not sure exactly what they said about the female brain. I think it was young 20s, slightly younger than men but in any case, the teen years are the danger years for everyone, even with good driving instruction.

Then you read some places want to lower the driving age and voting age. Really bad idea in my opinion. It's not that all teens are hoons, a lot aren't. I wasn't. Teens have got the physical skills but not necessarily the maturity and judgement and they won't have it till they are in their 20s.

[not_for_sale2025]

I don't think the young adult male brain and testosterone work very well together. And I don't think much improves over the years to come unless the person has life experiences that they learn from. They have to learn that they are not invincible and can break just like everybody else.