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GeekDill
1y ago
Yes I had misinterpreted what was said and thus deleted my previous response. It is still the worst interpretation and that is generally considered to be disingenuous. Also most Americans don't use the term that way either.
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1y ago
> Look, I'll agree with you that driving should be made less accessible to the general public, and that everyone should have go through a driving test each 5 years where they among other things, get to drive an old manual car with n
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1y ago
> Responsiveness is important to what purpose and from whose point of view -- yours or your society as a whole? My needs and the rest of society will be different. So posing every response through this filter is asinine. Not everyone dri
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1y ago
> I was asking what they meant by that. I did not disagree with right to repair. You could have looked it up. It is a common expression. > To the contrary -- IMO vehicles must be completely repairable with freely available standardize
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1y ago
The thing that has been shown to drive down vehicle accidents has been: - Making drinking and driving unacceptable. - Better driver training. - Mandating vehicle safety checks (MOT in the UK). - Mandating speed limits with penalties. Vehicl
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1y ago
Your attitude is incredibly short-sighted. If I can't repair the car myself, I do not own it. BTW Putting "your hands on your car" means doing basic repairs and maintenance e.g. - I changed my oil on my car. - I've bled