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09-27-2009, 08:13 AM | #1 | |
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Don’t Get Your Teen Driver A Car—Sharing Is Safer
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09-27-2009, 10:10 AM | #2 |
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Good article. When I was a teen it was rare for high school kids to have their own car, and unusual even for college students. We had 1 car for the whole family, including 3 teens. Most of the time I rode my bike or took the bus.
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09-27-2009, 10:45 AM | #3 |
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Hmmmm
Giving a teen a car is certainly a bad idea. Allowing them to buy one is what instills pride in the vehicle. |
09-27-2009, 11:40 AM | #4 |
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The article makes a few valid points, but it also makes a few logical jumps I don't agree with.
The article doesn't take into account reasons for the accident percentage spikes that have little to do with attitude, type of car, etc. For one, if you share a car, you drive it less. That has nothing to do with the safety of an 'aesthetically pleasing' car or a 'sense of entitlement'...And I have absolutely no idea where they get the link between 'giving a teen a dedicated car' and the rollover rates for SUVs. There's also the bit of logic where it sounds good, and may be statistically true but impractical. If kids need to get to places their parents don't go, and the parents don't work close enough to carpool, buying the kids a car is the only way to go. So if you say sharing is safer than getting them their own car, I would say, "Yeah it is. But them not driving at all is even safer." In addition, there's a different way to handle many of their concerns. My brother and I both got our licenses on our 16th birthday. A sense of entitlement was never there. A curfew is a curfew, whether you're driving a car you share or not. Rules on where you go, who can ride with you, and what times of day you can drive apply whether you share a car or not. Between my dad's old car, which he promised he wouldn't fix if we messed it up, and a cavalier my aunt gave us, we almost always had a car our parents never drove. They did keep track of it, though, watching maintenance and driving it enough to make sure it was in working order. Much of what they say is true but completely unrelated to whether the kids have own cars or not. |
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09-27-2009, 01:20 PM | #6 |
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Obviously this article isn't universally true, but it has some good points. If a teenager buys a car, it's likely that it won't be very good, or safe. But, I know of someone in my high school who sold drugs to get a $30k car, and he did. Also, in some kids, when given a car by their parents, see the trust that the parents have given them along with the car, and don't want to betray that trust. It all depends on the kid I guess.
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it all depends on the kid and the parents. alot of rules, driving and otherwise, wouldnt need to be in place if the parents took the initiative to set and enforce. |
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09-27-2009, 02:45 PM | #9 |
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I rocked my parents 1986 Ford Escort when they weren't using it. It wasn't mine, but they let me use it. After a year I was able to buy my own car with my money.
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09-27-2009, 05:01 PM | #10 |
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Bingo.
My main gripe with this tripe (like that?) was covered by MrSaabaru. They didn't seem to account form time spent in a vehicle. If I have to beg mom for the Windstar every Friday I'm far less likeley to crash then someone else who is driving to and from school, work, and social events seven days a week. |
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Also, how would you suggest kids do get to these "school, work, and social events seven days a week?" |
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09-27-2009, 05:57 PM | #12 |
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I got my license when I was 19, didn't get my first car until i was 20. I'm only 22 for Pete's sake
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09-27-2009, 07:38 PM | #13 |
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My dad went in half for my first car. $600 from me and $600 from him and I was the proud owner of an '87 Buick LeSabre with 148k on the clock.
seriously, my parents had been instilling the skills and responsibility of driving since my mom had me shifting the Citation X11 on the way to kindergarten. whether the car is mom and pops, or the kids, it's how much/often/well they are taught that counts. |
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Also, if a teen doesn't have their own car, they are probably driving fewer miles. Few miles = few accidents. I would bet if you compared accidents per mile between the 2 groups it would be statistically the same.
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I see what your saying and maybe yes it was uncalled for to call the kid a spoiled brat. He may be a good kid and his parents can very much afford the purchase price of the car they gave him. |
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teenagers and motorcycles = bad mix
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09-28-2009, 08:41 AM | #20 |
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this i agree with ^^
i have a 6 yr old and he loves my car and is always egging me on to race someone when he's with me in the car. while i hope that he will be responsible when he drives i cringe at the thought of him driving. i will make sure that he works his A&S off for his own car and that there are consecoinces (SP?) to his actions. so far he's pretty repsonsible about keeping his toys and things organized..as much as a 6 yr old can i guess. what a parent needs to do is not just trust their kid 100% with whatever they are driving. i had a friend get pulled for racing - wait for it - get this - his moms chrysler town and country vs another friends subaru 99 rs coupe. while it was funny to see him being asked by the cops why in the world he was racing in a van...his mom and dad were pissed! it cost him an arm and a leg in legal fees and fines. just goes to show you - THAT A KID CAN BE IRRISPONSIBLE IN ANYTHING! |
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Of course a kid can get into trouble much faster in a Corvette than in a Versa so that still applies but knowing if they get a ticket or bust up the car that there are significant repercussions should help. I'm never going to own a car that I'd let my kid drive so it's going to have to be their own car or my wife's. She bangs her's up enough anyway. |
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Off topic: my wife was telling me her coworker's 17 year old daughter was pulled over going 105mph in her RX-8. The coworker was asleep in the passenger seat. 1) 17 year old has an RX-8 that she didn't pay for. 2) Teen driver thinks it is ok to go 105mph on the interstate. 3) The teen thought it was OK to do that with their parent in the car. My investigative skills point at a single culprit.
The coworker also bought her 15 year old daughter (no license) a Mitsu Eclipse convertible... that the 15yo promptly backed into some raised edging "turning it around when she was washing it" when mom and dad weren't home. M&D apparently gave her "strict" instructions not to drive the car while they went out. |
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I totally agree.
I was 17 when i got my license in Europe on an first attempt, which does not happen that often. I was one of 2 people in the group of 30 that passed. I was allowed to use family car on occasions but had to indicate where I was going and when I would be back (no cell phones back then). Then year later i came over to US and my father bought me a $12k car but he thought that I deserved it and knew that I had pretty solid driving skills plus a head where it belonged. 4 years later he pitched in to my WRX as well. by then i was a much better driver but was still afraid of the WRX for the first month or so of driving. Then came time of excessive autoxing and other driving that enabled me to handle this car at a limit. Now i'm long out of the house and out of my parent's supervision but they know that even though i can be an aggressive driver at times, they don't have to worry about me too much when I’m behind the wheel. |
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