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i totally agree on more frequent and more rigorous certification, but there's much more to traffic collisions than fatalities, and focusing on speed (a factor i
by clairity 5y ago
i totally agree on more frequent and more rigorous certification, but there's much more to traffic collisions than fatalities, and focusing on speed (a factor in fatalities but not really in collisions) tends to take attention away from the biggest all-around culprit, distracted driving.
distracted driving unfortunately is relatively resistant to testing for rules. we need to create games/simulations as part of that driver certification process where the outcomes of our millions of little distracted driving events become very clear.
- acdha 5y agoThis is true but I think simply having drivers think of licenses as something they can lose would be an enormous improvement. Right now even killing people will frequently not lead to a revoked license and everyone knows that. If there was a non-zero chance of losing your license, many people would decide that Facebook could wait.
- clairity 5y agoi don't think this would work because folks will just drive anyway and risk the additional fines rather than, say, miss work and lose their job. unfortunately, driving unlicensed/uninsured happens all the time already, at least in my neck of the woods.