INTJoe
10-29-2009, 02:58 PM
I think there are way too many horrible drivers who should not be on the road. Maybe like 20%. I think it is way too easy to become licensed to drive a deathmachine at 70mph, and also too easy to maintain that license.
If I ruled the world, I would make it much more difficult to attain a drivers license, and to maintain it. I would drop the hammer on those accumulating DWIs, DUIs, those with too many wrecks, those uninsured, etc. Basically, people who don't follow major rules, or needlessly put others' lives in danger.
But then I start wondering about the ramifications, in terms of the efficiency of our economy. I mean, these people drive to work (allegedly), and help keep the economic machine running.
Is our society simply willing to allow these people to drive, because it would be too much of a pain in the ass to have to escort them around? (Picture 2 family members w/o a license constantly hounding you to give them a ride to and from work, etc.)
Are we willing to simply let uninsured, drunken, bad drivers roam the highways, so that we don't have to drive them anywhere? We're willing to put up with the deaths, and uninsured destruction?
Is it worth making it much more difficult to legally operate a vehicle? I realize many cities vary in terms of requirement of own vehicle. I live in Houston, which probably leads the nation in VMD (vehicle miles driven) per capita per year. Having a license here is all but required.
Adults are asked to show "ID" and we all whip out our license. It is no longer our license, but our "ID card". It shouldn't be like this. Carrying a license to drive a car should be a privilege, not something we're all basically given so that we can easily prove who we are when asked by an authority figure.
So, in the grand scheme, are we better off keeping these ********* off the road? Or will it just become a huge pain in the ass for those of us privileged?
If I ruled the world, I would make it much more difficult to attain a drivers license, and to maintain it. I would drop the hammer on those accumulating DWIs, DUIs, those with too many wrecks, those uninsured, etc. Basically, people who don't follow major rules, or needlessly put others' lives in danger.
But then I start wondering about the ramifications, in terms of the efficiency of our economy. I mean, these people drive to work (allegedly), and help keep the economic machine running.
Is our society simply willing to allow these people to drive, because it would be too much of a pain in the ass to have to escort them around? (Picture 2 family members w/o a license constantly hounding you to give them a ride to and from work, etc.)
Are we willing to simply let uninsured, drunken, bad drivers roam the highways, so that we don't have to drive them anywhere? We're willing to put up with the deaths, and uninsured destruction?
Is it worth making it much more difficult to legally operate a vehicle? I realize many cities vary in terms of requirement of own vehicle. I live in Houston, which probably leads the nation in VMD (vehicle miles driven) per capita per year. Having a license here is all but required.
Adults are asked to show "ID" and we all whip out our license. It is no longer our license, but our "ID card". It shouldn't be like this. Carrying a license to drive a car should be a privilege, not something we're all basically given so that we can easily prove who we are when asked by an authority figure.
So, in the grand scheme, are we better off keeping these ********* off the road? Or will it just become a huge pain in the ass for those of us privileged?