This is as close to a noble cause as I have seen from The Nation. GDL, which is graduated driver licensing, is the idea that full driving privileges are not bestowed all at once to the newly licensed driver, but are gradually broadened as the driver gains experience. Many states, including Montana, already have implemented this, and it's a good idea.
I don't want to rain on this parade, but I need to point out what's wrong with the idea. So, at the risk of being accused of being in favor of teen driving deaths, here's the problems:
1) A national law is not required, because states are already implementing laws like this.
2) Another law at the federal level further erodes state's rights.
3) The feds will not stop here. They will implement additional laws and mandates, certifications, and standards. They will tie compliance to federal funding. They will create whole new agencies filled with bureaucrats looking for ways to exert their power. And we, the taxpayer, will be footing the bill yet again.
Being big government types, it isn't surprising that The Nation looks at the issue based on the faulty government-can-solve-every problem mentality. Continued failure of government programs never seems to deter them, however.
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