{"id":13179,"date":"2013-07-06T11:04:29","date_gmt":"2013-07-06T10:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=13179"},"modified":"2013-07-06T11:04:29","modified_gmt":"2013-07-06T10:04:29","slug":"ugly-is-best-for-teenagers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=13179","title":{"rendered":"Ugly Is Best For Teenagers"},"content":{"rendered":"

USA Today is America\u2019s version of The Sun (but without Page 3). This article from it came in via the newsfeeds<\/a>, and it deals with the type of car parents ought to consider allowing their kids to drive.<\/p>\n

The teens often wanted to drive their mother’s far sportier Hyundai Tiburon, but the couple knew that would be a mistake. It was hardly a sports car, but Ulczycki knew the car’s sporty styling would bring out the cowboy in them, even without a high-powered engine.<\/p>\n

“Big, slow and ugly.” That’s what parents should keep in mind when considering what car to give or buy a new teen driver, says Adrian Lund, president of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The article then confuses the issue enormously by rattling on about \u201csafety features\u201d on newer cars \u2013 much the same as our wishy-washy, \u201cdon\u2019t-have-an-opinion\u201d journalists do, instead of working with the facts. But it comes back on track at the end:<\/p>\n

These days, it’s almost impossible to buy a car that doesn’t have at least 200 horsepower, even a plain old midsize sedan. That makes it hard to set a horsepower limit for a teen’s car. But experts warn to at least stay away from high-performance models that can bring out the worst in drivers.<\/p>\n

“Parents have to realize the kind of car you’re driving tends to elicit certain driving behavior,” says Lund. “If it can go faster, it tends to be driven faster.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yes! If it can, it will \u2013 and if they<\/strong> can, they<\/strong> will! British parents\u00a0 who allow their kids to drive modded cars should bear this in mind. Because what it looks like and what it sounds like is going to have a lot to do with what it\u2019s driven like.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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