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It also would presumably discriminate against entire swaths of people (think old folks, potentially disabled drivers, etc). Not that I think anyone incapable o
by mod 12y ago
It also would presumably discriminate against entire swaths of people (think old folks, potentially disabled drivers, etc).
Not that I think anyone incapable of driving should be, but any impairment test would flunk certain groups of 100% sober people working at their best ability (not sleep-drunk, either).
- camhenlin 12y agoIf they're unable to pass the impairment test they shouldn't be driving. If grandpa is too old to drive and can't maintain his lane in traffic anymore, a police officer giving him an impairment test and failing him is not discrimination.
- mod 12y agoI didn't mean to use discriminate in the PC sense of the word. Simply meant that those groups of people will fail. I agree with your conclusion. I think taking away the driving privilege of tons of old people is going to cause a stir, that's all. And more importantly, we don't have "old age checkpoints," and you don't go to jail if you're old and fail some kind of ability test while sober.