[NefCanuck]

ZTWsquared,Nov 17 2008, 06:00 PM Wrote:I certainly see where Mulcahy is coming from ... had such a law been in place in the past his son might still be alive - riding the bus maybe, but alive ... it's obviously not going to be a life-time ban on driving, so depending on what's involved I think it could be a good idea.

The stats are clear - teens kill themselves in car wrecks to a much greater degree than any other demographic ... think of it as tough love.
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While the idea is noble, I fear this is yet another example of "nanny stateism" where we expect the government to do the job of looking after the young people because the parents can't (or in some cases simply don't care to) parent.

Every time I see a young driver in an accident with a high powered car I ask myself "Why did the parents let them have that car in the first place?" Hell I was a victim of a 19 year old punk in daddy's new Audi who thought he could blow a red light w/o consequences <_<

Parents need to parent, government needs to govern and when we let the government into the role of parent, we have failed as a society IMO.

NefCanuck