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Originally posted by CJFusco
The US needs to institute a tough-as-nails drivers' training program, a la Germany. They have the Autobahn, but their driver mortality rate is ridiculously low.
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You are right. In Germany (and elsewhere in Europe) kids have to take a serious driver ed program - that can take several months and cost thousands of dollars. By the time these kids have their license they are actually reasonably competent (if not experienced) drivers. The same cannot be said of the people we give licenses to in Canada and the US.
I think short of some serious legislative reform along European lines - nothing will change here. Yes, you can teach your kids to drive well - and you should - but 99% of them will have only very marginal driving skills when they get their license, and these are the ones who cause the accidents.