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Originally posted by Dottore
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.
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actually , there are "boy racers" here as well that cause carnage
but yes, our drivers ed is a lot harder
but i think the main reason here is that kids do not automatically get a car when they are 16 here
for one thing, you have to be minimum 18 over here
for another thing, cars are more expensive, fuel is more expensive, we have a better public transportation system
and people do not just give a brand new car to a kid who hasn't earned bupkis.. note necesarely about money earned, but generallly , at 16 , you're just a kid, you haven't proven much ( exceptions to the rule exist, i know )
on MTV we get these stupid shows, "Sweet 16" about snotnoze brats, with rich daddies... and the girls just goes "i always get what i want ... " and "nooo daddy , i don't want thatone? i want that one !!! EEEEIEIEEHEIEEHHE"
daddy goes ... ooowkaaaay and whips out a checque book for a spanking brand new SUV...
ok , well if that's the way you raise your kids, then yeah , you gonna have dumdums with no respect for anything...just don't complain about it lateron...