A proposed Ontario legislation is set to limit driving privileges for anyone under the age of 22. These restrictions include a zero blood alcohol limit for all Ontario drivers under 21 as well as sanctions for young drivers who speed, starting with a 30-day license suspension. Drivers between 16 and 19 will also be limited to having only one teenage passenger in the vehicle. The legislation is set to be tabled today and already many people are in protest against it. “How does it make sense to try and teach us about saving gas by carpooling and buying hybrids and things such as that when it is illegal for teenagers to carpool if this passes?” one person wrote on a group against the new laws on facebook. Progressive Conservative Leader John Tory said he likes the idea of new rules for younger drivers, but worries the restrictions on teenage passengers could be unworkable, especially in rural Ontario.I personally am against this. I do not think that this law will be effective at all and that it discourages many of the benefits of being able to drive. This law proves to discourage carpooling, which means that it is discouraging saving on gas and saving the environment. I think that regardless of the law many teens will drive with more passengers either way. I also think that since you cannot carpool this means that teens at parties will drink and drive either way, since they can't have a designated driver to take them all home. In conclusion I think that this law is a bad idea and will not be beneficial to the safety of roads in Ontario.
Resource: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081118.wyoung_drivers1118/BNStory/National/home
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