It's difficult to be optimistic on that score, however, given the clear dominance in his administration of those who see global warming as either a hoax or a business opportunity. House using bizarre logic on teen drivers This week, the House of Representatives somehow managed to transform a safe driving bill into a safe sex bill. However, research does confirm that fewer kids in the car leads to fewer fatalities. That's what the House-Senate conference committee ought to remember when it reviews the teen driving package. The committee should immediately trash a bizarre House amendment that allows up to three passengers in a car driven by a teen as long as there are no more than two people of the same gender.
Gender has nothing to do with the risks for car crashes.
That increased to 86 percent with two passengers and 182 percent with three or more. The reasons were simple. More kids in the car caused more distractions and foolishness, a fact so obvious that it defies all logic for the House to gut the passenger restrictions for the sake of double-dating. But common sense has been in short supply in all the actions by the lower chamber on teens and driving. Despite statistics showing that teen accident rates soar after 10 p.m., the House also threw out an early curfew for teens, pushing it back to midnight and then adding a slew of exemptions which rendered the curfew meaningless.