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Whether the lawmakers think it'll make a diff or not probably doesn't matter; Sen. Huffinpuff just needs to let Mom & Dad know that he's protecting their little boy/girl/hamster/whatever from the evil world.
Really, the laws are already written--they're just not enforced. NHTSA study (http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/RNotes/2004/809-734/) notes that
25% of fatal crashes involved a rider with an invalid license, and a fair percentage of fatal crashes involve alcohol intoxication. They oddly don't give a total percentage, just nights and weekends...I don' get it....
Whether the lawmakers think it'll make a diff or not probably doesn't matter; Sen. Huffinpuff just needs to let Mom & Dad know that he's protecting their little boy/girl/hamster/whatever from the evil world.
Really, the laws are already written--they're just not enforced. NHTSA study (http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/RNotes/2004/809-734/) notes that
25% of fatal crashes involved a rider with an invalid license, and a fair percentage of fatal crashes involve alcohol intoxication. They oddly don't give a total percentage, just nights and weekends...I don' get it....
