Just a quickie. I caught a story on the news this morning that MPs are wondering if one way to reduce road casualty figures among young drivers is to up the minimum driving age to 18.
Er, no. This will just reduce the casualty figures among drivers aged 17.
There was a good reason, before MPs saw potential votes from easily swayed, immature new voters, that the age of majority was 21. That’s an age when you might just have a head full of something other than Tweetie Pie and lager.
Not that I suggest that should be the driving age. Good lord no, that would only increase bicycle abuse among the young leading to sexual health problems in later life.
The truth is that before a certain age we take more chances. We do not miraculously come to our senses at 18. Otherwise nobody aged 19 would ever get married.
Sorry to say there is no real answer to this one. In our cast iron-breeked, fireproof, spring-heeled teens we take chances. It is the nature of the beast and a great boon to the auto body repair industry.
The girls couldn't understand why they struggled to get a lift wearing the latest teenage fashions
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