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"I'm fairly certain that poor driving isn't limited to Americans. Why call out them, specifically?" Maybe the writer is American and is writing for an American
by roel_v 15y ago
"I'm fairly certain that poor driving isn't limited to Americans. Why call out them, specifically?"
Maybe the writer is American and is writing for an American audience, and was just using 'Americans' as a synonym for 'the general population'.
"You have research to back this up? What's considered "average"? What's considered "safe"?"
Well, the amount of traffic accidents is evidence enough, isn't it?
- generalk 15y agoMaybe the writer is American, maybe he isn't, but it sounded to me as if he was specifically calling out Americans. Maybe I'm wrong. > Well, the amount of traffic accidents is evidence enough, > isn't it? What amount? Evidence of what? The original post I responded to claimed that in order to decrease the number of traffic accidents, we need to license fewer people to drive, because the average person can't operate a vehicle safely. But licensing fewer people != licensing only people who will always drive a vehicle 100% safely. The set of accidents includes accidents caused by factors other than lack of training or lack of attention. Poor weather conditions, drunk drivers, falling asleep at the wheel; these aren't things that licensing fewer people to drive will solve, not to mention that simply refusing to issue a license doesn't ensure that the person won't drive. It's an overly simplistic solution presented in a superior tone that does not solve the stated problem.