Who is more apt to cause death.......teen drivers or over 65 drivers?

wildfire78

Actually nationwide teen drivers are involved in more wrecks. Most teens and I did it too when I was one, feel they can drive as good as anyone, when the truth is it takes experience to know what to do to avoid an accident.

emt_me911

I strongly believe that teens are more likely to cause accidents. My reasoning behind this is the fact that they are inexperienced, often have many distractions in and around the vehicle and often have had too little driver training. Loud music, use of cell phones, eating, drinking, texting...all are major distractions and those distractions can KILL.

What happened to when a road test meant actually going out on a ROAD?? When I did mine (some 20+ years ago), I was even on the freeway in addition to surface streets with heavy traffic. Nowadays, it seems that many exams are done on courses plotted in a parking lot.

While the slowed reaction times and age-related problems are more common among seniors, they have been driving for many years and have the experience to be out there. Also, most seniors are aware of those difficulties and made adjustments accordingly (driving slower, going less distance, only driving in the right lane and so forth). You also don't hear ear-drum rupturing music coming from a senior's car. They tend not to use cell phones while driving. They are more cautious.

I have yet to pull a dead or seriously injured senior citizen out of a wrecked car. I have pulled more than a few dead or seriously injured teens out. Go figure.

EMT

Let me also add that when I was 16, I was in a near-fatal car accident because I was inexperienced, driving too fast and taking crazy chances (I was thrown through the windshield). I was lucky to survive. When I see kids drive like that these days, I want to kick them in the *** and scream "What are you thinking??" in their faces. Maybe if I hadn't been such a stupid kid that thought I was invincible, I wouldn't see my scarred face everytime I look in the mirror.

One final point...as an EMT, I obviously drive an ambulance. One other poster on mentioned that they are a NSC instructor. That is something I am all too familiar with...considering I'm certified through the NSC in EVOC...or Emergency Vehicle Operations.

laptopgamingdude

Teen drivers hands down, they feel invincible and take greater risks, testosterone in boys tends to shut down the common sense part of the brain.

Vince M

I have years of research that indicates your statistic is false. You, either heard or read that, somewhere, or you made it up, just to support your own, personal, crusade against those who are STATISTICALLY proven to be the safest drivers.

You might wish to take note that insurace rates, typically go DOWN as a driver gets older, and has a proven good driving record. Please, also note that insurance rates are HIGHEST for male drivers between the ages of sixteen and twenty five. Insurance companies don't do this to manipulate traffic statistics. They do this in order to minimize their losses.

Get off your rant. You just come across as silly! (loud music? hobbies? Did grandma used to spank you for mouthing off to her?)

Amy V

The 65 year olds that I know don't seem all that ancient to me and in general are more cautious, experienced drivers.

On the other hand, I have had 7 of my students and former students die in car wrecks over the past 6 years. The majority of those crashes involved the teen driving at a high rate of speed when the impact occurred.

I don't know what the national statistics are, but yours seem off to me, based on personal experience.

Steve C

99%? That's not a made up statistic at all, is it?

LyricalDance46

both

UCANTCME

15 to 20 year-old drivers are the highest risk group for a fatal crash? Seventy percent of fatalities in this age group involve the use of alcohol. Night driving statistics are even worse:

Young drivers average about 20 percent of their driving at night â€“ yet they account for more than 50% of all nighttime crash fatalities!

Of that 50+ percent, 21% of those involved were intoxicated by alcohol.

aMz

59% of all accidents are caused by teen drivers.

Leftdawg

See the teens are the people who are doing 60mph in a 25mph zone, speeding and weaving through traffic but the old folks are the people who have no depth perception and pull out in front of you when your going 50 mph or just flat out don't see cars coming, so both are usually dumb drivers so I think both are death traps.

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