Re:Why aren't younger Americans driving anymore?
by r00fus on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @02:26AM
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> This is a great development, considering the recklessness of many young drivers and their relatively high accident rates.
This would be a great development indeed, if alternate forms of transportation like buses, light-rail and train services were vastly improved.
While I champion the idea of bike commuting (ie live close to where you work), carpooling and vanpooling (have done all three for years sequentially), the goal of getting more dangerous drivers (ie, inexperienced teens) off the road shouldn't disenfranchise them. Non-drivers need transport as well, and most US cities are abhorrent for this compared to other developed countries (HK, France, UK, Brazil, Russia all have amazing transport systems).
This would be a great development indeed, if alternate forms of transportation like buses, light-rail and train services were vastly improved.
While I champion the idea of bike commuting (ie live close to where you work), carpooling and vanpooling (have done all three for years sequentially), the goal of getting more dangerous drivers (ie, inexperienced teens) off the road shouldn't disenfranchise them. Non-drivers need transport as well, and most US cities are abhorrent for this compared to other developed countries (HK, France, UK, Brazil, Russia all have amazing transport systems).