I have to scratch my head on all of them. With alcohol, does it matter how old somebody is? A drunk driver is a drunk driver regardless of age. Are they saying a 19 year old is responsible enough to drink, yet you must be 21 to be responsible enough to know if you have had too much to drink and drive? Why not just make the drinking age 21? Maybe this is just step towards that.
No more than one teenage passenger? On one hand we have governments and groups telling us we need less cars on the road. Now this law is encouraging more cars on the roads by limiting the number of passengers based on age. Do statistics point towards a sharp increase in vehicle accidents and deaths when more than two teenagers are in a vehicle? What is the increased risk of accident when more than two teenagers are in a vehicle?
One speeding ticket and you lose your license? This seems a little excessive. A cop should be able to distinguish if a driver is driving in an unsafe manor of just blending in with traffic (QEII for instance where 90% of the vehicles are driving 10-20km over the speed limit).
If Ontario wants to ensure safer roads, maybe they should make it more difficult to obtain a license. Every day we see terrible drivers of all ages on the road. For instance how many of you driving in the winter on slippery roads see morons fly by you only to see their car in the ditch a few miles up the road? I saw a semi-driver watching a DVD player on the QEII on Friday night in heavy traffic (I noticed him weaving all over the place and noticed the screen when I was passing). Obviously teenagers are less experienced drivers. Yet I don't think they are the number one cause of fatality's. If they are, maybe there should be a better system for educating young drivers.
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