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Random Hero,Jan 26 2006, 03:41 PM Wrote:Perfect example, the other day I guy I know smashed up his dads BMW, well he messed up the front suspension real good. I havent talked to him about it, but I drove by when he was getting it towed and it looked like he took a turn way to fast, hopped the curb, skid all over the homeowners lawn and came to rest half on the lawn half on the road. He always bragged about his dads BMW, and blamed near accidents on other people. He's 17. Did I think he was ready to drive? No, but Ontario did.
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The onus here is on his parents. They're still his legal guardians at 17, and are able to directly influence whether or not he gets his license.

Perfect example - my parents held me back 5 months so I'd get my graduated license when it was introduced in April, 1994 instead of letting me get a 365 learner's permit at 16 on my birthday. Was I ready? In my mind, yes. My parents wanted me to get a full year's tutelage from them, however, and intervened. They felt I deserved more than a week or two with them beside me and gave the proper guidance that parents ought to give. Today, the teen would likely sue the parents for "mental damage" of not getting the keys and suffering peer ridicule or something else equally as assinine.

If he racked his dad's car at 17 and daddy gave him the keys... daddy has noone to blame but himself. Not the province. I wrecked my first car at 18 - but the guy that hit me ran a red light and I still managed to avoid most of the impact. Does that mean that young people shouldn't drive till they're 19? 21? No, extenuating circumstances still come into effect... but single car MVAs tend to tell their own stories.