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You can buy metal kitchen knives in most parts of the world but you may not be allowed to walk around town pointing them at people, and you may not be able to b
by dan-robertson 5y ago
You can buy metal kitchen knives in most parts of the world but you may not be allowed to walk around town pointing them at people, and you may not be able to buy a claymore even if it is just for cutting cheese or opening letters. And speed limits can be >60mph even when 30-40 may be dangerous. So I don’t really understand what your analogy is, because in the real world there are reasonable restrictions on things, and where the proposed restriction still allows things that are unsafe.
- AlexanderTheGr8 5y agoYou missed the point of my analogy. You CAN point your knife at anyone and even attack with it. You will be punished for it. That's the point. The knife is not going to stop you from pointing it at someone. If we want car to force people to not overspeed, perhaps we should replace metal knives to plastic ones to prevent people attacking other people with it. My entire point is that the responsibility to drive safely should be on the driver. The car should not force anything. Also, you should read the rest of my answer to see why I think it's a really bad idea.
- TheCoelacanth 5y agoIn 2020, the US had 1,700 deaths caused by knives and other cutting instruments[1] and 38,000 deaths from cars[2]. Cars clearly need more safety regulation than knives. [1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/195325/murder-victims-in-the-us-by-weapon-used/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/195325/murder-victims-in... [2] https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-traffic-deaths-jump-105-early-2021-2021-09-02/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-traffic-deaths-jump-105-...