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EE21 -- the problem is young drivers are only the second most dangerous driving demographic. The elderly are clear and away the most dangerous drivers on the road. They can't see, they can't hear, and they often drive dangerously slow (and in multiple lanes). We need to rip their licenses away, but that will never happen, they have money to lobby.

Yes, 18 year olds make stupid decesions. Guess what, so do old people. It comes down to experience. If you never let people get experience, they will forever be bad at things. When I started driving, I wasn't very good. I consider myself an excellent driver now. I do drive very fast, but I don't tail gate, I stay in my lane, I use my turn signals, and I turn off my brights (that goes to you assholes following me last night).

You seem to not want to allow people to do anything EE21. As far as guns, I couldn't care less myself. But I don't see why you can buy a rifle drunk and at 17 like me and some buddies did to go skeet shooting, but can't buy a handgun. You can easily kill people with both.

The fact is, people need experience to be able to handle something. The reason you're having kids driving at 16 is so that their PARENTS are there to help them learn and practice. You would really wait till kids are 18 and will be leaving home soon to college/start a life/whatever when they start driving with little to no direction or rules. IE be home by 10.

PS -- Close to you in Rappahannock, a drunk 41 year old just had a girl I went to high school with fly out of his convertible. It's obvious age doesn't mean you're more responsible or smarter. People either make good decisions or bad decisions.

I would be 100% for stiffer penalties for DUI -- however, everything must be determined by blood tests. If I were pulled over stone cold sober, no way I would take a breathalizer. Those things are absolutely terrible in determining actually BAC.