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1 posted on 12/26/2007 5:56:14 PM PST by Lorianne
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To: Lorianne

Put them all on bikes, they’ll be easier to hit! Dumbass...


2 posted on 12/26/2007 6:02:06 PM PST by Normal4me
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To: Lorianne
"How to stop the No. 1 killer of teens in the United States"

Quit buying gigantic SUVs for the moms and little, bitty cars for the young folks.
3 posted on 12/26/2007 6:11:32 PM PST by familyop
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To: Lorianne
What epidemic in this country kills or injures the most teenagers?

Epidemics are, by definition, contagious diseases. Which doesn't include cars.

4 posted on 12/26/2007 6:12:49 PM PST by coloradan (Failing to protect the liberties of your enemies establishes precedents that will reach to yourself.)
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To: Lorianne

I thought MADD MOMS were gonna make it all better by outlawing booze?


5 posted on 12/26/2007 6:17:58 PM PST by spanalot (*)
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To: Lorianne

Yutes are probably technically the best drivers around. They master every manner of digital game and autos are a snap by comparison. The problem is their judgement, or lack of if more likely. They make dumb choices whenst driving.


6 posted on 12/26/2007 6:18:19 PM PST by umgud (no more subprime politicians)
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To: Lorianne
And bicycles? They're simply uncool

They're not "uncool"...they're not safe on crowded roads, and neither are motorcycles. At least with cars there are airbags, seatbelts, etc. that offer some protection in a wreck. A bike and it's you and the pavement, even a helmet provides little protection.

7 posted on 12/26/2007 6:19:21 PM PST by dawn53
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So many drivers have grown unaccustomed to dealing with pedestrians and cyclists that they consider them unwanted intrusions. They don't respect them, which makes it dangerous to be on the streets in anything that isn't wrapped in sheet metal.

Bicycles belong on the sidewalks. A bike in rush hour traffic is beging to be hit.

10 posted on 12/26/2007 6:24:14 PM PST by Centurion2000 (It's only arrogance if you can't back it up.)
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To: Lorianne
Each year, automobile crashes take the lives of almost 6,000 teenagers and injure an additional 300,000

Are teens always the drivers?

13 posted on 12/26/2007 6:32:25 PM PST by donna (Duncan Hunter: US Army, 1969-1971, with service in Vietnam)
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To: Lorianne
When is was in high school in upstate NY, they had a closed campus.(ie you could not leave the school during the school day. At that time you could have a junior operators license at 16 that allowed you to drive from sun up to sun down. At 18 you could get a regular operators license that gave you night driving privileges. While I was in high school no one died. Oh yea, and the drinking age was 18.
14 posted on 12/26/2007 6:33:08 PM PST by tomh68
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If we raised the legal driving age to 18, we’d be far from the only developed country to do so. Not that I’m necessarily recommending this. I’m just saying.


15 posted on 12/26/2007 6:34:33 PM PST by squidly
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How about re-toughening the drug laws, especially use of marijuana? My understanding it has become so commonplace in schools, even the “good” ones, so it follows that alot of teenage drivers are under the influence. As a former user, I know the harmful effects the drug has on one’s driving judgment.

Do people honestly think you can dumb down these types of laws without causing major problems in other areas?


17 posted on 12/26/2007 6:39:32 PM PST by A_Former_Democrat
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To: Lorianne

Let’s see - we took it out of school because it was too expensive to educate our young drivers. Now we complain they are not getting enough training.


18 posted on 12/26/2007 6:53:45 PM PST by txzman (Jer 23:29)
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To: Lorianne

I would have thought the biggest killers of teens was guns followed by global warming.


21 posted on 12/26/2007 7:07:32 PM PST by Mind-numbed Robot (Not all that needs to be done, needs to be done by the government.)
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...a trend that's been consistent for the past decade.

Since when is no change a trend?

22 posted on 12/26/2007 7:30:00 PM PST by Misterioso
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To: Lorianne

Convincing them to wear seat belts would be a big help. More often than not I read about kids being thrown from the car in an accident. That is usually an indication of “no seatbelt.”


25 posted on 12/26/2007 9:17:41 PM PST by davisfh
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