Ok, Sacha has it dead on and it sounds like he speaks from experience as do I.
I'm 41 now. But I started working part time when I was 13. By the time I was 16 I purchased my SECOND car - a 1976 TransAM with the 403 engine. I souped it up and drove it like a maniac. I grew up in a town where you either partied on the weekend or raced - and I wasn't a partier. Each and every weekend found me doing Lord knows what on a country road. I'd peg that 120mph spedometer in between the idiot lights at the bottom of the speedo - so 140-150mph. Sometimes it would be on a 2 lane road and in the middle of the race all of a sudden there is another car in your lane - ever pass someone on the shoulder at 145mph?
It's a wonder I didn't kill myself or someone else.
Three times I was caught in the act of racing. Typical dumb kid thought that it was a good thing when they would give you a ticket for a contest of speed rather than the actuall mph over the speedlimit as it was a fixed price ticket and much cheaper. I'd ask the officers to write them up that way! Not knowing or realizing (or at that age even caring) that a Contest of Speed ticket is equivelent to a DWI as far as your insurance is concerned.
Three times I appeared before municipal court and justices of the peace on the subject of suspension of my license. It was never suspended though I was placed on year long probations TWICE.
Lord knows how many tickets I had - and I won't even get into the accidents.
When I was 18 our family insurance company gave my parents the option - I go, or they ALL go. So county mutuall and progressive (expensive) insurance was my thing until my early 20s. And high rates until I turned 25.
Sacha has it dead on...very young kids don't need to be driving cars like that - for their own safety and for others.
Speaking for myself - no way in hell are my two boys going to drive performance cars.
Earl
I'm 41 now. But I started working part time when I was 13. By the time I was 16 I purchased my SECOND car - a 1976 TransAM with the 403 engine. I souped it up and drove it like a maniac. I grew up in a town where you either partied on the weekend or raced - and I wasn't a partier. Each and every weekend found me doing Lord knows what on a country road. I'd peg that 120mph spedometer in between the idiot lights at the bottom of the speedo - so 140-150mph. Sometimes it would be on a 2 lane road and in the middle of the race all of a sudden there is another car in your lane - ever pass someone on the shoulder at 145mph?
It's a wonder I didn't kill myself or someone else.
Three times I was caught in the act of racing. Typical dumb kid thought that it was a good thing when they would give you a ticket for a contest of speed rather than the actuall mph over the speedlimit as it was a fixed price ticket and much cheaper. I'd ask the officers to write them up that way! Not knowing or realizing (or at that age even caring) that a Contest of Speed ticket is equivelent to a DWI as far as your insurance is concerned.
Three times I appeared before municipal court and justices of the peace on the subject of suspension of my license. It was never suspended though I was placed on year long probations TWICE.
Lord knows how many tickets I had - and I won't even get into the accidents.
When I was 18 our family insurance company gave my parents the option - I go, or they ALL go. So county mutuall and progressive (expensive) insurance was my thing until my early 20s. And high rates until I turned 25.
Sacha has it dead on...very young kids don't need to be driving cars like that - for their own safety and for others.
Speaking for myself - no way in hell are my two boys going to drive performance cars.
Earl