As a society we have "Wars" on drug abuse, teen suicide, cancer, etc. Why don't we have a "War" on teen traffic fatalities? The easiest of all these causes of death to cure. From where I sit and from what I've learned the reason we haven't addressed this is, as Americans, we think of driving a car as a right, not a privilege. Add to the fact everybody drives, right? Because of that attitude, we don't care about these kids.
Think of it this way, where I live in Southern California most of our public high schools are 9th-12th grade institutions, some have 4-500 kids in each class. What would we think if the entire 10th grade class disappeared over night? Dead, gone, goodbye. That is what happens in California every year and just for good measure an additional 100 or more people die right along with them. Would people pay attention? Of course they would. But when those deaths occur over a period of 12 months and are spread over our entire state, nobody pays any attention. Nobody cares, except for their families and friends
Drivers Training has been around for over a 100 years and other than having to spend hours and hours teaching drivers how to start the car. (cranks, spark and throttle settings) The training regimen has changed very little. Much of California's training guidelines have been around for 60 years and I don't have time to list all the changes that have happened since then, do I?
I'll leave you with this thought. Back in the Muscle Car era, you'd be hard pressed to find a parent who would hand the keys to a Z-28 Camaro, a Boss Mustang, a Pontiac GTO or a Hemi 'Cuda to a 16 year old driver. I've got news for you, based on standard performance tests, a stock, plain jane, Toyota Camry V6 will blow the doors off any of those vaunted muscle cars!
This blog is dedicated to the 6000 and more teens who have died because we aren't willing to teach them to be safe, competent and confident drivers.
More to come, thanks!
R Christy
http://www.drive-driverstraining.com/
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