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I don’t get that. Repeat offender => temporary removal of driving license. Done. You can make it progressive, remove it for a week, next time 3, etc. I guarante

I don’t get that. Repeat offender => temporary removal of driving license. Done. You can make it progressive, remove it for a week, next time 3, etc. I guarantee this will calm people down.

cryptoegorophy 1y ago
Yeah. That solves the problem. Repeat 3 times? Lifetime ban. Full self driving can’t come soon enough.
FrancisMoodie 1y ago
It says in the article that people who lose their drivers license on account of speeding usually keep on driving anyway. I also feel like this is already the case in a lot of countries yet speeding still exists so I don't know if I agree that this is this simple solution no one is thinking of.
- illiac786 1y ago
  Ok the problem is not the speeding then, it’s the fact people without driving licenses can drive daily without getting caught.
- ReptileMan 1y ago
  Fairly simple solution - catch someone driving with taken license - 364 days in jail.
  - saalweachter 1y ago
    (Yes, I know I am conflating your view with other people's in this thread.) "GPS-based speed limiters are too draconian. We should throw more people in prison."
- Clubber 1y ago
  Most police cars that I know of have license scanners and that scanner will inform police if the owner of said car has a suspended license, which results in an immediate trip to jail.
- wpm 1y ago
  That feels like it could be fixed with forced impoundment or surrender of the offender's vehicles, and a certified mail notification to everyone they might know that might loan them a car notifiying them that if they do lend their car to the offender knowingly, they'll be held partly liable. It's never going to be perfect, nothing will, but reducing the odds of bad behavior reduces the odds of bad outcomes.
ActorNightly 1y ago
The problem is, at least in Virginia, every single speed limit is set low, and cops randomly pull over cars that are just traveling the same speed as the cars around them, all above the speed limit. So license removal is not really fair. Not that this is any better, but if you at least get to keep driving legally, its generally slightly less worse.
- tonyedgecombe 1y ago
  Just because everybody else is doing it doesn't mean you have to as well.
  - worewood 1y ago
    Except that driving at a speed significantly different from the surrounding traffic increases the risk of a crash.
    - op00to 1y ago
      So does speeding.
    - tonyedgecombe 1y ago
      I’m not sure that is the case. Bunching together look like a higher risk to me.
      - potato3732842 1y ago
        Bunching together happens because of irregular speed. You have traffic clusters because the front is slower than whatever the "natural" speed is, but not so slow that people elect to pass. If traffic is all moving in a narrow range of speed the clusters are smaller and less dense.
    - saalweachter 1y ago
      Speeding is one of the leading causes of fatal accidents. Tailgating is one of the leading causes of non-fatal accidents. Sounds like it's safer for me to let people tailgate me at the speed limit.

I don’t get that. Repeat offender => temporary removal of driving license. Done. You can make it progressive, remove it for a week, next time 3, etc. I guarantee this will calm people down.

cryptoegorophy 1y ago

Yeah. That solves the problem. Repeat 3 times? Lifetime ban. Full self driving can’t come soon enough.

FrancisMoodie 1y ago

It says in the article that people who lose their drivers license on account of speeding usually keep on driving anyway. I also feel like this is already the case in a lot of countries yet speeding still exists so I don't know if I agree that this is this simple solution no one is thinking of.

illiac786 1y ago
Ok the problem is not the speeding then, it’s the fact people without driving licenses can drive daily without getting caught.
ReptileMan 1y ago
Fairly simple solution - catch someone driving with taken license - 364 days in jail.
- saalweachter 1y ago
  (Yes, I know I am conflating your view with other people's in this thread.) "GPS-based speed limiters are too draconian. We should throw more people in prison."
Clubber 1y ago
Most police cars that I know of have license scanners and that scanner will inform police if the owner of said car has a suspended license, which results in an immediate trip to jail.
wpm 1y ago
That feels like it could be fixed with forced impoundment or surrender of the offender's vehicles, and a certified mail notification to everyone they might know that might loan them a car notifiying them that if they do lend their car to the offender knowingly, they'll be held partly liable. It's never going to be perfect, nothing will, but reducing the odds of bad behavior reduces the odds of bad outcomes.

ActorNightly 1y ago

The problem is, at least in Virginia, every single speed limit is set low, and cops randomly pull over cars that are just traveling the same speed as the cars around them, all above the speed limit. So license removal is not really fair. Not that this is any better, but if you at least get to keep driving legally, its generally slightly less worse.

tonyedgecombe 1y ago
Just because everybody else is doing it doesn't mean you have to as well.
- worewood 1y ago
  Except that driving at a speed significantly different from the surrounding traffic increases the risk of a crash.
  - op00to 1y ago
    So does speeding.
  - tonyedgecombe 1y ago
    I’m not sure that is the case. Bunching together look like a higher risk to me.
    - potato3732842 1y ago
      Bunching together happens because of irregular speed. You have traffic clusters because the front is slower than whatever the "natural" speed is, but not so slow that people elect to pass. If traffic is all moving in a narrow range of speed the clusters are smaller and less dense.
  - saalweachter 1y ago
    Speeding is one of the leading causes of fatal accidents. Tailgating is one of the leading causes of non-fatal accidents. Sounds like it's safer for me to let people tailgate me at the speed limit.