If you are really young and you are driving a very powerful car, is this a very bad thing?

Peter K

Insurance statistics say that older drivers are safer. So a younger driver with a powerful car sounds like a dangerous combination.

Richb435

Some....most younger drivers are immature and very inexperienced, so having a powerful vehicle at a young age could be dangerous IMHO.

triviatm

Yes. Young people don't have the experience to properly judge risk when driving, and a very powerful car can get out of control very quickly. Even someone who has experience but is unfamiliar with a particular vehicle can find themselves in trouble if they aren't careful, and without that experience a young person is that much more likely to find themselves in over their head.

The Mr. Pine

In the old days they were all big a powerful. Just be careful. Gas prices made the cars smaller not accidents.

Scott H

Yes because young drivers often lack the judgement and self-control to safely operate a powerful vehicle. It's a maturity thing. I speak from experience, when I was 17 I had a 65 GTO. Never wrapped it around a tree, but did a lot of stupid things with it.

logicalgal

Go to a racing school and learn how to control the machine and your attitude too, sort of like martial arts.......

67ImpalaSS

Hi,
There's a reason why insurer's put massive excess's on young drivers, because the majority can't correct a car or react properly if anything goes wrong, unless they've taken extra driving courses etc.

Getting a license in Australia is pretty easy, but putting teenagers in V8's (which we love over here, like America), or high output cars of all sorts, has been proven to be deadly. Even the great Peter Brock (record breaking Aust. driver) died when something unexpected happened in that rally race last year, and he was probably more experienced than most likely everyone that's responding to this question combined.

I live a half block from the corner of 2 main roads and have had a 22 year old male wrap his souped up Toyota Soarer round a pole and died 2 years ago, then last year another kid (aged 19) did the same on the opposite connecting road (this car was 10-12 feet up a wooden pole with no straight lines in it any more). He totally lost control on a clear day, dry road, slight bend in the road, and was speeding by about 20 kph/12.5mph or so from what the papers said. Another kid last year managed to mount the curb while test driving a sports sedan and launched the car into the same dealership after hitting the gutter after not reacting properly to a corner because he went in too fast. He wrote off 1-2 cars and heavily damaged 3 others (all new)!! - I still have photos on email somewhere of his car landing on the roofs of 2 other cars in the d/ship and his car on it's side!!

Totally agree with all our reductions here (Aust.) for reducing power to weight ratio for probationary drivers. So I agree with you it is a bad thing until you they are experienced. Bare in mind I am talking from personal experience as I haven't caused any accidents, but it would be naive of me to think how many accidents I would have caused if I had the size, power & speed of my current car (7.44 Liter/454 cubic inch V8 engine) as an inexperienced 19 year old rather than an experienced 29 year old.

Of course there are exceptions to everything, and you may get good young drivers but the majority aren't. Anyway there's a few examples for you, hope this helps.

Thanks

Just Me

different people mature at different ages. If you are mature enough to know how to handle the car in different situations, no, it isn't a bad thing.
However, Insurance companies feel that since you are of young age, you do not have the experience, therefore you are a risk.

Fordman

Very young meaning not mature? That's the problem, too many young people think that cars are toys. They are tools made to do a job. That's the way they need to be treated. Playing around in them will get someone hurt or killed.

There is nothing wrong with a young person driving a powerful car, what is wrong is the person not respecting the potential for damage that he/she can cause.

i hate phil collins

all cars are powerful if you are inexperienced.

what u talkin' bout?

Depends on the person, and the age of the person. Insurance company's would see it as a 'risk' factor on a young person. It just depends on older people, some are 'good' drivers, and 'unfortunately', some aren't so good at driving.

Rockstarâ„¢

It is really fun to drive a powerful car like a porsche or a lamborghini. But it is risky too because you dont know how how to drive a fast car and can lead to accidents. But if you are a professional driver you can drive. But remember there is always a risk.

hillbilly bob

you just gotta know how to control yourself, dont show off dont race around, dont burn out, well at least not in the city, if you wanna have some fun with your powerful car go out to some highway thats not very traveled and get some practice, get to know the car and what it can do, just dont do it in public or around ppl or other cars

Codename 48

If you have the license and know how to control yourself and drive safely, then I don't think there's anything wrong with it.

justthenewme23@yahoo.com

i drive an escallade and i make little honda's jeolous

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