I believe that 16 is an appropriate age to drive.
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I can not remember one major accident caused by any of us other than the normal fender bender, hit a mail box or go into the ditch because Ohio is all ice in the winter.
I wish that I could say as much. I produced a totaled vehicle. (bad judgment reckless drive one afternoon).
I'll admit it, as a group, my ''gang'' of friends, myself included, would often find ourselves tempting fate, smoking a bit of bud and intentionally getting a little sideways, but we had the good sense to do it in the wide open, undeveloped, rural areas or up in the wide open, mountain roads of central northern coastal Calif.
The "only" problem that I have about kids driving at the age of 16 is my recollection of having so much godam gusto brewin' up inside at that tender young age ! Hormones are just spinnin' 'round like a jet engine, you always want to be where the action is, you're thinking about all of the babes that you anticipate dating . . . and on and on, there was always something going on to capture our attentions, we were like little curious Golden Retriever puppy dogs.
Two years later when we turned 18, wow ! what a feeling of maturity ! Everything seemed to calm down, for it was time to begin acting like
real adults and become
"superiors", that is, simply maintain a more serious disposition than the 16 and 17 year olds around us. :nono:
At 16 we all had part time jobs, grocery store, fast food, etc. our parents made us pay for our cars, our insurance our gas, it was a huge responsibility that could be taken away at anytime. For me the responsibility equaled freedom and that was something I wanted more than life itself and consequently I behaved like a responsible driver who wanted more than anything to protect and preserve his license
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Yes, Yes, Yes to all of the above. That's exactly what the drill was for myself as well. :thumbsup:
