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Originally Posted by SidewaysFeltham
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You need to go back and read how the discussion began, as the argument wasn't that current teenagers are better than older generations. The claim was made that current modern vehicles deskill the current generation of drivers. That is what I was disputing.
Teenagers will always have a higher accident rate. But they also has a higher accident rate in the 1960s than the older generation of the 1960s. But the claim that overall, today's drivers are worse because the cars are better has no evidence to support it other than anecdotal evidence.
Remember: a lot more cars, a lot more people, a lot more complicated roads, a more complex driving test and the result is the same pass rate and less accidents. That's impressive! Tell me more about how bad today's drivers are whilst we have less accidents in more busy roads.
