Bag's Rants

Here we go again.

This article talks about the number of teenagers killed being on the increase despite the number of teenagers with licenses going down. Going down? Wonder why? I thought our young people were all out and about and mobile. Looks like they are giving up on the type of stuff we used to like and turning to booze and drugs as a form of recreation instead of driving and screwing.

In the meantime, in a effort to reduce the number of teenagers killed we head into an area where we know exactly what to do. We are going to ban them. We will set up curfews and restricted licenses. Yay! The very reason they get these licenses and we want to stop them using them. And, like guns, only the criminals, those with no license, insurance and tax will go out at night. Will they really say 'I was going out with no insurance, tax, and license in a death trap aiming to head down main street at midnight at 100mph but I can't because, at 14, I'm not allowed to drive after dark'.

Interestingly enough. The two 'young ones' in the article who triggered this response are aged 22 and 24. So in a totally expected waste of time we stop 16 to 19 year old going out at night or carrying passengers.

Are any laws we make actually useful against criminals and not just effect the law abiding?

At least they are consistent. That is the only thing you can say though.

posted by Bag @ 7:47 pm