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I honestly think it should all be the same year here. we can get our driving permit at 15, we can smoke and vote at 18, and at 21 we can do everything else. I think that it should all be 18 or 21 and driving should be a 4 year class in highschool. Why should we trust people with others lives before we trust them to screw up their own?
But now we are really off topic.
I totally agree, one can get a Learner licence here at 16 and 9 months I think it is. The same age one can legally get a tax paying job. We get no lessons in high school, you're either taught by someone you know who has held a licence and is now on there full licence (Arter going through 3 years min as a provisional driver) or by a qualified driving instructor that you pay. Sometimes both as I did.
Getting one's licence is too easy and too many people think it's their right, not a privilege. I have both a full car and motorbike licence and yet I find it too easy and the punishments are pathetic. You run from a cop after caught speeding, you get like a $1000 find and a disqualified licence for like 12 months. Big woop. And people can choose to go to jail instead of paying. SO spend like a few days in jail and your fine is gone. So many people do it these days. It's like a small holiday to catch up on some sleep and get a few days off work, if they work.
It really angers me sometimes, I say they run from a cop, trying to evade them in side streets and putting other peoples lives on the line. Take their licence away for life. Impound their car, sell it off and put the money into either the Police Force or into the low income earners pays. I personally think punishments need to be a lot harder, that's why terrorists target us, they think we are weak by looking at our laws and punishments. And sometimes they are right.
Well that's my rant for today, stay tunned for tomorrow's rant about the state of the economy. Majestic Rants, coming to a forum near you.