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My Opinion
Simply; it sux!
I was watching Today Tonight last night and a story came on about 'P' plate drivers and a call to keep them off the roads at night. People want to inflict a 10pm - 5am curfew on 'P' platers.
Their reason being; teenage drivers are too aggressive, think they're better drivers than they are, are too impatient, drive too fast, blah blah blah..
Here's what I think of their proposal..
It's not just young drivers who think they're good. Most drivers think they're good. Maybe older drivers can lay more claim to this statement because they're more 'experienced' drivers, but from what I've seen of drivers lately, experience counts for NOTHING! Sure, young people aren't the best drivers in the world, but nor are we the worst.
And a curfew?! Yeah, right, what's that gonna do?! It wouldn't do anything. People would just drive 'round during those times without their 'p' plates up. I know I would, if I hadta go out that late.
They complain because we're inexperienced.....well how do you gain experience if there is no opportunity to?! They complain that 'p' platers are young, aggressive and think we're better than we're not.....well, fine, limit the time we can be on the roads, but all we will become is still young, still aggressive and still thinking we're better than we're not, non-'p'-platers.
Oh, btw, I ain't saying that people's opinions of teenage drivers are right....but if they were this last paragraph would be true. :P
Written: 7/12/01
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