Originally Posted by
Leisesturm
You are way overthinking this. Re-testing drivers every how many years? Why?
We can start with every four years, when you go to renew your license. Why? Because every three years more Americans die on our roads and highways than in every armed conflict the US has fought in.
Originally Posted by
Leisesturm
Forced dashcam use for as long as it takes to forget its there? Would you forget it's there? Anyway, it's never gonna happen. The ACLU would be all over whoever tried to institute such a thing.
Unless it's discriminatory, I doubt the ACLU would be interested. This is also quitting before you start. Nothing changes until you try.
Originally Posted by
Leisesturm
More people die every hour from *** violence, accidental or otherwise, and despite MASSIVE public outcry for DECADES there has been zero political will to do anything substantive.
Driving licenses and firearm ownership get conflated frequently, though only one is an embedded right enshrined in the constitution. It's still easier to own and use a firearm than it is to get a driver's license.
Originally Posted by
Leisesturm
Now tell me again why because a spectacularly disturbing incident unlikely to be repeated in quite the same way this year should require the introduction of AI technologies and socially invasive measures to correct?
It already has.
Originally Posted by
Leisesturm
It wouldn't take many drivers facing real consequences for screwing up badly on the road to scare everyone else straight. That's all the technology it would take.
The death penalty is thought to be a deterrent against heinous crimes, though states with a death penalty have no reduction in capital crimes. Enforcement and punishment is not a substitute for prevention.