Call For Ban On Teenage Passengers
Insurers say drivers under 20 should only be allowed one teenage passenger
The study claims that the greatest danger of distraction is caused 30 weeks after teenagers pass their test. After this period the risk of them causing death or serious injury on the road halves.
The association believes that 270 deaths or serious injuries would be prevented every year if there was a law preventing drivers under 20 from carrying more than one teenager in their car. This would be in place for the first six months after they pass their test.
The report reads: 'Young passengers can both distract young drivers and encourage them to drive in a more risky way. Restricting drivers under 20 to carrying just one teenage passenger for the first six months of driving will allow them to gain experience of carrying passengers before having to deal with the distraction of three or four of their teenage peers in the car.'
The report suggests that the collision rate for young drivers increases with each additional passenger. Compared to driving alone, the risk of a fatal collision for young drivers is 39% higher with just one passenger, 85% higher with two and 182% higher with three or more. The association said a limit on the number of passengers a teenager could carry would reduce their insurance costs.
The problem is the attitude of the driver, the type of car/age/friends in car makes no difference in my opinion. You can make up figures to 'prove' any misconstrued theory if you try hard enough.
Our society is becoming more and more draconian
Let's ban driving for under 25s. After that the most dangerous group is the old folk. So let's ban driving for over 70s as well. Hmmm, but what about all those other deaths? 
I know! Let's ban driving! 
Surely the "fatal" bit shouldn't figure here. Are teenagers with friends in the car more likely to crash or not? If more crashes with teenage drivers are when they are accompanied by young mates, is that because they are more likely to crash in a given journey, or is it because teenagers are more likely to travel in groups? In other words, do they actually have any numbers that show that a young driver will crash less per mile when alone that he / she will when accompanied by friends? Sure, it sounds obvious, but if it is the truth, it should be easy to prove with decent figures. In this case however, and not for the first time, we have hand picked selected figures which at a glance appear to reinforce a popular opinion but don't actually prove or disprove it.
So 4 mates want to go somewhere but one can't travel in the same car. What does this one do? Go in a second car? Excellent! I wonder what the crash statistics are for teenagers travelling in convoy..
Statistally, you could reduce road fatalities by banning all passengers. I wonder when that one's going to be published?
te!The main reason there is more crashes with your mates on board is because
a 1.2 punto handles like a f
king boggie there is nil acceleration to get you out of trouble
emergency braking is in the hands of the gods in the wet!
wish they would start spending less time investigating s
te like this. Its the driving test that is the main cause for accidents with youngesters. IT IN NO WAY REFLECTS DRIVING.
te!The main reason there is more crashes with your mates on board is because
a 1.2 punto handles like a f
king boggie there is nil acceleration to get you out of trouble
emergency braking is in the hands of the gods in the wet!
wish they would stop spending less investigating s
te like this. Its the driving test that is the main cause for accidents with youngesters. IT IN NOW WAY REFLECTS DRIVING.
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