Three Strikes and You're Out- New Florida Drivers Law

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07-11-09, 07:41 AM

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Originally Posted by JonSC4

Agreed

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Thank god! Our drivers are the worst.

Agreed. I thought California drivers were bad until I moved here.

BTW, D.Jobin, I was driving behind you last night on Westview around 6:00 PM. Nice ride!

07-11-09, 07:45 AM

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mmarshall makes a good point, it's not just the frequency, but also the severity of accidents that condemns young (under 25) drivers to pay high insurance premiums.

[*] Testosterone - A good part of the teen outlook is driven by machismo. That's why you can't let anyone pass you, cut you off, or otherwise interfere with your personal Weltsraum (living space). That applies doubly on the road, where your car is an extension of you. There are all kinds of Freudian symbols here, but the sexual psychology of a young male is usually reflected in his driving.

Here is an absolutely perfect example. Just happened yesterday. 5 teen-agers killed because a young 19-year-old kid, on a suspended license, tried to beat a train across a railroad crossing.

http://news.aol.com/article/lives-lo...-tracks/564797

07-11-09, 11:09 AM

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Baja's a pretty harsh, desolate environment, isn't it? Perhaps that's one reason why people are careful there....seems like that wouldn't be a very agreeable place to be stuck in an accident.

Yes, much of Baja is pretty harsh environment, actually very similar to many of the huge expanses of the Western states of the US.

I do know after driving in several countries that the US has consistently some of the poorest drivers in the Western world. As indicated by other posters, US drivers licensing is a joke from a driver skill and knowledge requirement perspective.

07-11-09, 01:30 PM

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i skimmed this article and think its 100% reasonable... 3 tickets related to crashes in 3 years is a LOT

07-11-09, 03:06 PM

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I do know after driving in several countries that the US has consistently some of the poorest drivers in the Western world. As indicated by other posters, US drivers licensing is a joke from a driver skill and knowledge requirement perspective.

I can't comment much about today's tests, because I haven't taken one, but when I got my regular license in 1968, the county cop who took me on the driving test and gave me my license was quite thorough, no-nonsense, and didn't cut corners. He passed me, but documented the few errors I did make, such as not noticing a one-way sign until he pointed it out.

Same with the FAA Flight Examiner who gave me my Private Pilot's license. I had to prove I that knew what I was doing to get that ticket.

07-11-09, 06:06 PM

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Very similar experience here in California in 1971 (administered by Department of Motor Vehicles), still not up to the standards of European driving test that my mother took several years later.