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Originally Posted by Tim Adams
What a load of BS. If they are properly trained in high performance driving, they can handle anything, at 16 even. Look at Joey Logano, he just turned 19? Tommie Johnson Jr. was drag racing in Iowa, (on the track), before he was 16. Graham Rahal is barely over 20. You do not need to get into your mid 20's. One of the top, top, drivers in F1 is Sebastian Vettel, he is only 21. F1 cars are hands down the most difficult to drive cars on the planet.
The real problem is drivers ed. Every kid should be required to attend a high performance driving school before getting a license. But that costs a ton of money, so who is going to pay for it????
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You're really going to compare professional race car drivers to teenagers driving on the streets? Sure kids can handle driving the car at that age, but they can make bad decisions which can turn out tragically on public streets. Those guys race on closed race courses, not out on the freeway where you don't know what other drivers are doing or where they're going to be.
Are you saying let's just train everyone to drive a race car and let them loose on the freeway in Corvettes? I don't think that would turn out very well.