If 21 is now the magic number...

[hendo]

They should be barred from military service also. After all, combining youth and firearms is a recipe for disaster. I'm sure they'll probably make ROTC switch to airsoft.

[paddy]

I read the other day 11 teens die everyday from texting and driving. Not sure if it is true, I read it on the internet.

https://www.nhtsa.gov/risky-driving/distracted-driving
Distracted driving is dangerous, claiming 3,477 lives in 2015 alone.
391,000 were injured by distracted drivers in 2015.

And from the CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafe...factsheet.html

In 2015, 2,333 teens in the United States ages 16–19 were killed and 221,313 were treated in emergency departments for injuries suffered in motor vehicle crashes.
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So if we increased the age for driving to 21 we could save 2,333 lives a year.
If we eliminated driving distractions (I'm guessing, cell phones, radio/sound systems) we could save 3,477 lives a year.

If we completely eliminated AR-15 and AK-47 rifles from 1966 to present, we could have saved 55 student lives over the last > 50 years.

So, completely banning AR-15/AK-47 rifles would have saved 55 student lives from school mass shootings.
Banning all in car distraction devices could possibly save 3,477 in just one year one year alone.

You would think there would be massive protests asking the government to do something about distracted driving.
Holding up signs to ban cell phone use in cars.
Holding up signs to ban driving before 21.
Look how many lives would be saved.
Think of the children.

[dirtmcgirt76239]

https://www.nhtsa.gov/risky-driving/distracted-driving
Distracted driving is dangerous, claiming 3,477 lives in 2015 alone.
391,000 were injured by distracted drivers in 2015.

And from the CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafe...factsheet.html

In 2015, 2,333 teens in the United States ages 16–19 were killed and 221,313 were treated in emergency departments for injuries suffered in motor vehicle crashes.
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So if we increased the age for driving to 21 we could save 2,333 lives a year.
If we eliminated driving distractions (I'm guessing, cell phones, radio/sound systems) we could save 3,477 lives a year.

If we completely eliminated AR-15 and AK-47 rifles from 1966 to present, we could have saved 55 student lives over the last > 50 years.

So, completely banning AR-15/AK-47 rifles would have saved 55 student lives from school mass shootings.
Banning all in car distraction devices could possibly save 3,477 in just one year one year alone.

You would think there would be massive protests asking the government to do something about distracted driving.
Holding up signs to ban cell phone use in cars.
Holding up signs to ban driving before 21.
Look how many lives would be saved.
Think of the children.

I wonder what the teens would say about if it saves just one life then its worth it, if the gps on the phone could not be turned off, and if it went more than 3.5 mph the phone ceased to take calls or be able to browse or text. Once you hit 21 you could receive calls, but still not text or browse.

I wonder if they would be fine with that ?

[UpNorthWOLF]

I wonder what the teens would say about if it saves just one life then its worth it, if the gps on the phone could not be turned off, and if it went more than 3.5 mph the phone ceased to take calls or be able to browse or text. Once you hit 21 you could receive calls, but still not text or browse.

I wonder if they would be fine with that ?

That was my whole point when I started this thread

[Flash-hider]

I wonder what the teens would say about if it saves just one life then its worth it, if the gps on the phone could not be turned off, and if it went more than 3.5 mph the phone ceased to take calls or be able to browse or text. Once you hit 21 you could receive calls, but still not text or browse.

I wonder if they would be fine with that ?

Their approach to this would be to bring more awareness to the risks of phone usage while driving.

By the way, didn't obama already begin raising the age of when an individual is an adult to 27? According to the ACA 27 is when your parents can cut you loose to face the real world. So, I think 27 should be the new age of majority.

[Roundballer]

Their approach to this would be to bring more awareness to the risks of phone usage while driving.

By the way, didn't obama already begin raising the age of when an individual is an adult to 27? According to the ACA 27 is when your parents can cut you loose to face the real world. So, I think 27 should be the new age of majority.

I think it should be 25, 30 or 35. Those are the age requirements for a Representative, Senator or the President, respectively.

[Leader]

https://www.nhtsa.gov/risky-driving/distracted-driving
Distracted driving is dangerous, claiming 3,477 lives in 2015 alone.
391,000 were injured by distracted drivers in 2015.

And from the CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafe...factsheet.html

In 2015, 2,333 teens in the United States ages 16–19 were killed and 221,313 were treated in emergency departments for injuries suffered in motor vehicle crashes.
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So if we increased the age for driving to 21 we could save 2,333 lives a year.
If we eliminated driving distractions (I'm guessing, cell phones, radio/sound systems) we could save 3,477 lives a year.

If we completely eliminated AR-15 and AK-47 rifles from 1966 to present, we could have saved 55 student lives over the last > 50 years.

So, completely banning AR-15/AK-47 rifles would have saved 55 student lives from school mass shootings.
Banning all in car distraction devices could possibly save 3,477 in just one year one year alone.

You would think there would be massive protests asking the government to do something about distracted driving.
Holding up signs to ban cell phone use in cars.
Holding up signs to ban driving before 21.
Look how many lives would be saved.
Think of the children.

How many of those deaths were in General Motors vehicles?

I think you should have a background check & a 10 day waiting period before being able to buy one at 21 or over.

[dirtmcgirt76239]

Their approach to this would be to bring more awareness to the risks of phone usage while driving.

By the way, didn't obama already begin raising the age of when an individual is an adult to 27? According to the ACA 27 is when your parents can cut you loose to face the real world. So, I think 27 should be the new age of majority.

Their being the teens ?

Doubtful, most people and definitely todays teens are about rules for other people, that do not effect them one bit.

Saving lives with guns in one issue, saving lives with health insurance and medicine is another issue, saving lives with helmets is another issue, hell saving lives with ladder safety is another issue. Its all lives, thats not how they see it.

Texting effects them, they are not educated on it, they can easily rationalize what ever you try to show them, they would not be for it, and if they did, they would say they are ok in public but go home and rage out.