There is some truth to that above statement. I suppose even besides my old TA, I've always owned V8 sports cars. My stepdad was teaching me how to drive, and drive fast, at 15. Even still though, it's hard to learn things unless it's the hard way. Luckily, I had a stupid friend that would do almost everything before me, so I could watch his dumn mistakes and not repeat them if at all possible.
I think that we're all generalizing a bit too much, yes I too have seen the dangers of 16-18 yr old drivers. It's in every paper, news show, and special report around here right now. The problem is, it's not just in fast cars. It's in all cars. Anyone can get any car made in the last 10 years to 100 mph, hell, you only need to be going 30 to kill someone. I've always been a cautious person when it comes to things that can kill me. I have always backed down from those things when they're not worth it, not all people are the same. Even I give in and race someone to 100 on the freeway once in a while, and I know that I shouldn't. The more I think abou it, the more I feel like, if someone is stupid, they're gonna be stupid in any/every car you put them in. Now I'm not saying that a Viper is an acccepable car for a first time driver, no 'sports' car should be. My first car was a $250 '81 Camaro. Not really a sports car, just looked like one. If I raced it hard, it would break, something would break every time. It had almost 200,000 miles on it when I got it. So I learned quickly that if you play you pay. I had to pay for everything that the car needed, so it was a lesson that hit home.