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i agree that it’s the sole job of a driver to maneuver their 2-ton vehicle safely and without distraction (especially not phone distraction), but it does no goo
by clairity 6y ago
i agree that it’s the sole job of a driver to maneuver their 2-ton vehicle safely and without distraction (especially not phone distraction), but it does no good to be blindered by retributive rage when considering a counterbalancing incentive structure. we are fallible humans in a highly dynamic world, so let’s have some empathy and compassion for every mistake-making human, not just arbitrarily small groupings of them.
- caslon 6y agoIt's not retributive to not allow someone who has failed the most important task in driving to drive. We don't allow children to do it, we don't allow the (extremely) elderly to do it, we shouldn't allow people who put others at risk to do it either. Empathy and compassion are all fine and good, and in this case, the compassionate would make sure to take anyone who has shown willingness to cause an accident off the road for good. Not even a terrible person deserves to have a murder on their conscience, and nobody deserves to die because someone wasn't paying enough attention while flying down the highway.