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> Compare and contrast the relatively lax requirements to get a driver's license with the incredibly stringent rules around getting a pilot's license And what

by M95D 2y ago

> Compare and contrast the relatively lax requirements to get a driver's license with the incredibly stringent rules around getting a pilot's license And what is your argument? We should let the surveilance replace the driver exam? As in "you didn't speed this month, we'll let you keep your license" ?

shadowgovt 2y ago
Let the surveillance augment the driver's test. Because Lord knows we aren't spending more money on the test or retesting, but the surveillance is cheap. > You didn't speed this month we'll let you keep your license Honestly, why not? Professional drivers are monitored; let's extend that to every vehicle on the road.
- M95D 2y ago
  Because it won't apply to every vehicle on the road! There will be exceptions, and then even more exceptions, and then you will wonder why the inequality on the roads... Some people are more equal than others.
  - shadowgovt 2y ago
    Some people already are. We could have that inequality and a safer road at the same time as opposed to just the inequality. As it stands right now, those who should be trusted the least are the least monitored.
    - M95D 2y ago
      In my country, if there's someone speeding, then I can safely follow him/her a couple hundred meters behind with the same speed. If there's police on the road, he/she will get stopped and get a ticket (or not, if he's "more equal") and I have the time to slow down. We're equal. If the car gives my location and speed, only those people will be able to break the law and I won't. More inequality than now.
      - shadowgovt 2y ago
        Why can they speed and you can't? ... oh, are you assuming their car will be allowed on the road without the tools to properly track it? I was assuming that as those tools become cheap they become mandatory to operate on public roads (i.e. toll roads or passive highway traffic monitors can serve as checkpoints: scan car transponders and license plates, match them up, identify vehicles on the road without transponders, flag them for intercept by police. Or, easier: transponder functionality is an inspection requirement and if your transponder is out, you don't pass inspection and you can't legally operate on public roads).

by M95D 2y ago

shadowgovt 2y ago

Let the surveillance augment the driver's test. Because Lord knows we aren't spending more money on the test or retesting, but the surveillance is cheap. > You didn't speed this month we'll let you keep your license Honestly, why not? Professional drivers are monitored; let's extend that to every vehicle on the road.

M95D 2y ago
Because it won't apply to every vehicle on the road! There will be exceptions, and then even more exceptions, and then you will wonder why the inequality on the roads... Some people are more equal than others.
- shadowgovt 2y ago
  Some people already are. We could have that inequality and a safer road at the same time as opposed to just the inequality. As it stands right now, those who should be trusted the least are the least monitored.
  - M95D 2y ago
    In my country, if there's someone speeding, then I can safely follow him/her a couple hundred meters behind with the same speed. If there's police on the road, he/she will get stopped and get a ticket (or not, if he's "more equal") and I have the time to slow down. We're equal. If the car gives my location and speed, only those people will be able to break the law and I won't. More inequality than now.
    - shadowgovt 2y ago
      Why can they speed and you can't? ... oh, are you assuming their car will be allowed on the road without the tools to properly track it? I was assuming that as those tools become cheap they become mandatory to operate on public roads (i.e. toll roads or passive highway traffic monitors can serve as checkpoints: scan car transponders and license plates, match them up, identify vehicles on the road without transponders, flag them for intercept by police. Or, easier: transponder functionality is an inspection requirement and if your transponder is out, you don't pass inspection and you can't legally operate on public roads).