Safety Concerns?!
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Safety Concerns?!
I've noticed that there is a lot of talk about young kids that shouldn't have high performance sports cars.
Well in my experience, I must admit that there are indeed MANY young people out there that do in fact have powerful vehicles. I work in a field that deals with this kind of situation. When you are younger, you have the feeling of invincability. Therefore it impairs your judgement in certain situations. I just finished working a traffic fatality, where a 20 year old kid was driving his 300zx twin turbo. Going WAY too fast, lost control, and slammed into a tree killing himself. His mother could not believe her only son would drive in such a manner as to have this tragedy take place. There are numerous other similar situations where the same thing has happened. Young kids, 16-22 in my opinion are not mature enough to handle vehicles of this caliber. There are few acceptions of course. Cars like the wonderful EVO/WRX etc, are dangerous if you're not careful. This is just a topic that I felt was important to add through all the hype and propaganda, of the new arrival EVO. Just please, whatever the age, be careful, keep it safe.. Just food for thought...
Well in my experience, I must admit that there are indeed MANY young people out there that do in fact have powerful vehicles. I work in a field that deals with this kind of situation. When you are younger, you have the feeling of invincability. Therefore it impairs your judgement in certain situations. I just finished working a traffic fatality, where a 20 year old kid was driving his 300zx twin turbo. Going WAY too fast, lost control, and slammed into a tree killing himself. His mother could not believe her only son would drive in such a manner as to have this tragedy take place. There are numerous other similar situations where the same thing has happened. Young kids, 16-22 in my opinion are not mature enough to handle vehicles of this caliber. There are few acceptions of course. Cars like the wonderful EVO/WRX etc, are dangerous if you're not careful. This is just a topic that I felt was important to add through all the hype and propaganda, of the new arrival EVO. Just please, whatever the age, be careful, keep it safe.. Just food for thought...
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Re: Safety Concerns?!
Gotta concur here, but also have to point out its not always just the kids fault.
Last summer I sold an Eclipse GT to a 17 year old kid and his mother. Two months later they came back in the store. The kid hit a guardrail with the car doing about 90mph and totalled it. Now mom was going to help him buy another one.
Unbelievable.
Last summer I sold an Eclipse GT to a 17 year old kid and his mother. Two months later they came back in the store. The kid hit a guardrail with the car doing about 90mph and totalled it. Now mom was going to help him buy another one.
Unbelievable.
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I agree inexperienced people shouldnt drive powerful cars. It's a matter of driver education, though, which is related to age, but not only. Let me explain what I mean:
- you need some "age" in the sense of having been able to drive cars to their limits, on a track, with an instructor. Then you need to drive and drive and drive an get to understand how weight transfer, brakes, cornering etc. really work. That doesnt take necessarily till the age of 30, but chances are 18 or 20 years of age arent enough either.
- there are people of all ages who cannot drive properly
- there are people who drive Formula One cars at the age of 21
As a genral rule, I would say it takes about 3 to 5 years of driving every day, some track days, and some driving instruction before you are good enough to handle an Evo.
Parents buying their children an Evo, or worse, a powerful RWD car at an age below 20, are just plain irresponsible!
- you need some "age" in the sense of having been able to drive cars to their limits, on a track, with an instructor. Then you need to drive and drive and drive an get to understand how weight transfer, brakes, cornering etc. really work. That doesnt take necessarily till the age of 30, but chances are 18 or 20 years of age arent enough either.
- there are people of all ages who cannot drive properly
- there are people who drive Formula One cars at the age of 21
As a genral rule, I would say it takes about 3 to 5 years of driving every day, some track days, and some driving instruction before you are good enough to handle an Evo.
Parents buying their children an Evo, or worse, a powerful RWD car at an age below 20, are just plain irresponsible!