My son's going to have a job, and if he wants to get a car when he gets his license, he's going to pay for it on his own like I did.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I have a 15-year-old boy, and we are about to give him car keys, which seems like an act of insanity when you know what you know about 15-year-old boy behavior. But in 2018, we'll have self-driving cars, and it will be so much better. My son may be the last generation of kids who learns to drive.
When I turned 16, my dad made me sign a contract - he made us sign contracts for everything - that if I hit my car, I would be responsible for paying for it. I was in bumper-to-bumper traffic, and I tapped someone. It was so not a big deal, but I had to pay for it.
When I turned 16, I got my driver's license like the rest of my classmates, but I also got an extra present: a two-day practice session in a Formula Ford: my first open-wheel racing car and the first step on the ladder toward becoming a professional driver.
I don't have a license, but I do drive.
A car is like a mother-in-law - if you let it, it will rule your life.
If a kid is old enough to drive a car or buy a gun, isn't he old enough to be held personally responsible for what he does with his car or gun? Or if he's a teenager, should someone else be blamed because he isn't as enlightened as an eighteen-year-old?
When you're 23, 24 years old and somebody's given you a credit card and jets and limos and you don't have to pay the bill when it comes in - that's a pretty nice deal.
The day will come when the notion of car ownership becomes antiquated. If you live in a city, you don't need to own a car.
The owners have the right to pay you whatever they want to. They don't have to pay you if they don't want to.
I got a car when I was 16. I didn't even have a driver's license.