> exactly my point. i mean, dc has had i think one or two teenage fatalities in the past many years. i (and my brother) will never ever be spacey (again, in his case) while driving(especially at military and reno). crashing is just too scary....
Whoa, if your number is that low than DC is an exception. Traffic accidents are a HUGE problem for teenagers (and I believe still the leading cause of death for like the 16-25 group), though most involve alcohol. And even if you don't die, there's still a lot of danger in driving. I think it's important that we don't discount how dangerous driving can be (and is for many people). IMO a better solution is to simply have tougher driving tests to get a license. One thing the new CA law did was to require people to have their permits longer and have more experience with that. I think that's a good thing, though I am opposed to frivolous things like placing a bunch of weird restrictions once people get the license.