Why is that "a big crock of ****"? I mean, if it doesn't really apply to you (I'm assuming it doesn't) who cares? Part of that probably has to do with the stats of teen accidents after 11 PM... they must have done seclusive research towards that. Street racing is also probably influence towards that law.
Texas driving laws are now and always have been about generating as much revenue as possible. The appearance of a safety concern is all they need to levy a massive fine against an largely-inconsequential thing.
Why allow someone driving privilege and restrict 90% of what they can do? *Drivers 18 and under are not permitted to listen to rock and hip hop music while they are operating a vehicle." "Research has shown that increased levels of.." Might as well outright ban teens from driving, or raise the driving age. A teen , a COLLEGE student, has a job after school from 7 pm to midnight. They can drive to work, but cant drive out of work...some great "research" there...
http://www.tintcenter.com/laws/TX/ I guess that's it, unless they're requiring us to adhere another label, which would be pretty weak. And I'd imagine if that was the case we would have heard something about it much sooner.
This doesn't apply to college students.... its UNDER 18.... for HIGH SCHOOL students... so there's no argument then... no teens in high school should have real late night jobs past 11. Technically you're not a teen when you're in college.
Not true. Any restaurant job is gonna require you to be out past that time. And there are plenty of eating establishments that don't serve alcohol, so you wouldn't need to be 18 or up to work there. Retail too.
Past 11? What kind of fool that goes to high school works past 11? How do you have time for home work or anything else for that matter? There'd have to me a small percent of teens in that situation.... very small.. I just remembered though.. don't curfews disregard emergencies, work, and church? I thought they did...
There was law suggested by our beloved governor to collect toll fees on i-10. I'm not surprised we have this kind of shiyt right now.
In maine we have to have 36 hours of driving time + 6 hours of night driving logged before we can apply for are license
My second job was at Chuck E Cheese. Worked about 20 hours, mostly on the weekend. If I had to close I'd get home around 12-1. There was a number of high school kids working there as well. Think about the jobs high schoolers are qualified for...jobs that don't require experience. You're pretty much limited to retail, resaturants or other customer service positions like movie theaters. Most of those places are open to at least 9 and as late as 12. But I think you're right; I don't see how you could get pulled over for breaking curfew if you're coming from work.
Good, this needs to be done. There aren't enough people with the mental capacity to use a cell phone and drive safely at the same time. Notice I didn't say "use a cell phone and drive at the same time", I said "drive safely". Plenty of people can drive while using a cell phone...but not well. While we're here, though, I think we should also have a law about putting on makeup in a car...I'm just sayin...I've seen it done, and it's not pretty...
You really have a problem with not allowing somebody to drive through an active school zone with kids running around while being distracted by a damned cell phone? Really? This idea presents a problem for you? Very, VERY odd.
Well if they are really serious about enforcing that 20mph limit on schoolzones, there's no need for that. What if you are picking up your child at school who has a cellphone and trying to call you to tell you that he'll be 15 min late??? That could potentially cause a trffic problem... at the very least.
There are similar laws in Minnesota. Kids can drive home from work or school events past the curfew time. I don't understand your venom towards this law unless kids can't drive home from work or school events either. Why does a 17 year old need to be out driving around at midnight?
The problem is that, even at 20mph, you can seriously injure a child that is walking across the street that you are slow to react to because you are distracted by your cell phone. My understanding of the law is that you can use a Bluetooth device. They just don't want you distracted by the handset.
