Michelle's Law goes into effect Friday
...and teenagers are already discussing the problems and the lack of justice, as well they should. And Debbie and Ray Sanderbeck, whose private law this is, should just go to Hell. But if they did, they'd be lobbying for stupid laws there, and I have family in Michigan.
Comments
Posted by: Jo
Posted on: April 4, 2007 08:56 PM
I love it. Now we'll end up with twice the number of novice drivers crashing into things, including us. Good job.
Posted by: jeffrey smith
Posted on: April 5, 2007 12:02 AM
Florida is one of those other 35 states that have this sort of law. It's actually more complicated down here. The older the teen, the later they can drive at night and the more passengers they can have. Or something. Not having any teens in the household, I never paid attention to the details.
But from what I can tell, it's had little effect on accident and fatality rates.
The law that really irks me is the speed zone laws, which require us to slow down to a crawl in the middle of morning rush hour for several blocks at a time. If the little twits don't know how to cross the street safely, than their parents need to take them to school. Period. Schools are already open early and late to accomodate the crowd that opts for babysitting at public expense.
(That is, babysitting before and after official school hours, and not the babysitting that passes for teaching.) So they can drop off the terrors as early and pick them up as late as they want.
Posted by: Jeffrey Quick
Posted on: April 5, 2007 09:03 AM
I can handle that for the wee ones. But when it comes to high school students, if they can't cross the road safely by that age, a little gene-pool chlorination is in order.
Posted by: Andee
Posted on: April 5, 2007 07:57 PM
Oregon has a graduated driver's license restriction and so far they claim it is showing results. It's hard to tell with the adult drivers acting like they think that 55mph means 95mph though IMHO
http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/DMV/news/nr_20050321.shtml