Tuesday, January 04, 2005

Shedding Some Light on Teen Driving

On NPR's Talk of the Nation, there's a WaPo reporter talking about teen driving safety. Apparently study after study shows that drivers' ed classes -- whether voluntary or mandatory -- don't work. Why? Because the classes just teach to the drivers' test. Doesn't that sound like a familiar problem?

More data: SUVs are not safe, and because they tend to roll over in cases when the driver loses control, they are ESPECIALLY not safe for teens, who are more prone than other drivers (except seniors) to lose control of the vehicle.

Later in the show they'll have some experts talking about Egypt's secretive nuclear fission program. (Teens should not have access to nuclear weapons either, especially while driving.)
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