the attitude of the "new breed of driver"

What were you thinking???

How's that working out for you??

 

I knew it was a joke...
I was going to drag out any reply that:

I really need to know some detail and the percentage increase for years leading up to 80, as I am 76 and want to kinda taper my crashes up as
I reach 80. Ya know, Dollar General, Food Worlds, Targets and then the Walmart Supers. Fully peak at 80.
Sorry guys.

 

None of the crashes involved anyone driving a CMV, just personal vehicles.

My grandfather is 95, and still drives (Hyundai accent, not semi) around town on a daily basis - he shouldn't be driving, but he still does.

 

The number 1 thing that bother's me, is lack of "Respect for there elder's"
Today's generation (maybe not all) does'nt even have Respect for themselve's.

 

The exact same words my dad said about my generation when I was a teenager in the 70s - it's nothing new, but it does get perpetually worse. We listened to the devil's music and all of that, but there was only one or two people in my high school class that didn't have a job in school, and a plan for the future.

This starts with the parents. As parents, we wwant our kids to have things better than we did - as a result, we're not as hard on our kids as our parents were. With less supervision, coaching, motivation, etc... how can we expect kids to teach themselves discipline, ethics, honor, character... the answer is - we can't.

You'll have to hit the reset button on your grandkids if you want to change anything.

 

Ronin,

Maybe if he was in the military, he could get some "corrective training."
Ah, the Army, not just a job, it's an adventure!
Safety was always first though. Safety.

Beth

 

Not a fan of mandatory military service, or parents, or judges back in the 60-70s "making" someone join the military... essentially dropping someone with no discipline, an attitude problem, bad or illegal behavior, etc.. into military service, and making the basic training and technical training folks deal with it because the parents and the legal system refused to.

As a former MTI (USAF Military Training Instructor, like a drill sergeant in the other services), I had to deal with kids like that... and it took away, in a big way, from my primary duties of training 50 guys/girls so they can be productive military members and save their lives, as well as others.

Sorry, struck a nerve - off my soapbox now.

 

True, if you can't love yourself; who can you love? lmao....

 

I have the firm belief that there's no such thing as "bad kids", only bad parents. Kids are only doing exactly what they've been allowed to do - you can't blame some 6 year old for throwing himself on the floor at Toys-R-Us.. he's been allowed to behave like that, and mommy and daddy didn't pick him up, walk outside, and smack his little butt for him.

Kids are like puppies and kittens that you're trying to housetrain. If you get a new puppy, and he pees on the carpet, and you don't show him, tell him "NO", and then take him outside to the place where he's supposed to go pee... how can you blame the puppy for peeing on the carpet tomorrow?

He's just doing exactly what you allowed him to do.

 

If you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with.