Another piece to this is that being able to drive a car is in many parts of the US considered essential to being able to work, buy groceries, etc. Which I thin

Another piece to this is that being able to drive a car is in many parts of the US considered essential to being able to work, buy groceries, etc. Which I think leads to lax driver training and enforcement. Suspending someone’s license is potentially destroying their livelihood. Whatever the cause, our driver training, enforcement, penalties, and general respect for piloting a vehicle in a safe manner seem lower than many European countries.