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My son told me, Sweden are allowing 15yr old's to drive cars. Because some of the roads are so straight, parents have to have the vehicle adjusted to not be able to go over 20 mph. One man bought his son a £30000 new car, instead of buying a second hand one and getting it changed not to drive over 20mph.

Barbara Stevens ● 12d1 Comments

Interesting, someone seems to be exploiting an old law that was introduced to solve a problem in the past:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/22/when-is-a-car-not-a-car-when-its-a-swedish-a-traktorhttps://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/03/swedens-teens-drive-porsches-and-bmws-no-licence-neededAlthough it looks like there is a wider debate in the EU to drop the driving age to 16, with some speed restrictions ...https://etsc.eu/the-eus-plan-to-allow-teenagers-to-drive-suvs-unaccompanied-at-16-is-a-fatal-mistake/

Michael Ixer ● 12d