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by bshaughn1 days ago |
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upvoteby giantg21 days ago|
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It doesn't have to be a surveillance state for enforcement. Just preventing repeat offenders would practically remove that lowest denominator. For example, I knew a guy in high school who totaled 4 cars and had other minor accidents in 2 years. There's no reason for that person to be allowed to operate a vehicle. On the prevention side, we could require more training.

If you tried to enforce self driving cars, you'd still need some level of surveillance too.

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upvoteby kay_o1 days ago|
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> There's no reason for that person to be allowed to operate a vehicle

Doesn't much of america outside of cities also have the secondary problem of you physically cannot feed yourself, get to appointments, or do anything without operating a vehicle?

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upvoteby pjc501 days ago|
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> you physically cannot feed yourself, get to appointments, or do anything without operating a vehicle?

You also physically cannot feed yourself, get to appointments, or do anything else once you've been fatally run over by a vehicle.

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upvoteby dml21351 days ago|
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Sounds like a great incentive to make sure you don’t lose your driving privileges.
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upvoteby Sl1mb01 days ago|
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Or maybe - build a world where you don't need driving privileges just to exist
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upvoteby amanaplanacanal1 days ago|
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That is certainly something we have done horribly wrong in most of the US.
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upvoteby kkkqkqkqkqlqlql1 days ago|
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Or to lobby to make sure driving is an inalienable right. Which path are you seeing being realized in the US?
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upvoteby fn-mote1 days ago|
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At some point the cost has to be high enough to get the attention of the offender.

I hope you wouldn’t be saying this if they had killed someone in one of their crashes. How about injured? They must have. Get some standards instead of saying everything is ok.

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upvoteby kay_o1 days ago|
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I am not saying anything is ok, where did you read that?
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upvoteby andai1 days ago|
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>For example, I knew a guy in high school who totaled 4 cars and had other minor accidents in 2 years.

Wait, he did all that in high school?

I heard something about "20% of drivers are responsible for most of the insurance claims" but it sounds like that one guy is jacking up the averages!

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upvoteby socalgal21 days ago|
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> Just preventing repeat offenders would practically remove that lowest denominator.

That requires enforcement which no longer exists in many cities.

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upvoteby strbean1 days ago|
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I play the "who is staring at their phone" game as passenger sometimes. From my sampling, the number is pretty damn close to 100%.
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