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The story buries the lede, the real win for them is driver-facing cameras. Can't wait until they install a printer so they can just print the tickets out right into my car.
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'Safety' is going to be the thing that kills personal liberty in this country.
We could eliminate food inspection and driver's licenses. That would increase liberty, but I don't think most people would find the freedom worthy of the cost.
https://time.com/6086981/bipartisan-infrastructure-bill-brea...
Hmm. How will they check for alcohol? Would you still be able to drive home a car full of drunks while sober? Only with all windows open?
Its a solved problem, you can read more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignition_interlock_device
Instead of mostly attempting symptom mitigation, wouldn't it be a much better improvement for society if the relation (some?) Americans have with alcohol was repaired?
16 year olds can openly buy beer in the supermarket and consume it on their way home from school.
Driving licenses start at age 18, but there's two years of special probation that punish DUIs more extensively (and have a significantly lower limit). Police enforcement of these driving rules at times when young people celebrate is high.
This also means they do not start binge-drinking AFTER they got their driving license, they know their limits by then.
Doesn't mean we don't have drunk drivers, but maybe less drunk ones. We've had around 13500 alcohol-induced accidents with human casualties (of 306000 altogether) in 2021, but only about 2600 deaths overall, so probably less than 300 alcohol-related deaths in traffic.
"43,000 people were killed last year, the greatest number in 16 years" True, but there were also 250 billion more miles traveled than 16 years ago and a population of roughly 40 million more people. So though the raw number is higher, the traffic fatalities per mile traveled and per capita is actually lower than it was back then.
'Safety' is going to be the thing that kills personal liberty in this country.
Instead of mostly attempting symptom mitigation, wouldn't it be a much better improvement for society if the relation (some?) Americans have with alcohol was repaired?
Instead of mostly attempting symptom mitigation, wouldn't it be a much better improvement for society if the relation (some?) Americans have with alcohol was repaired?
Also, smaller streets will typically lead to less distracted drivers, because it requires a certain level of concentration to navigate these streets.
Oh, and something about enormous SUV's that won't make traffic any safer...
Older cars that can be legally driven without all the nanny state crap are going to be worth bank for a while; until they get outlawed. Theme music: "Red Barchetta" by Rush