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Originally posted by ThrashersFan
I think of a bad driver as someone who intentionally disregards others on the road and the driving laws (or just doesn't give enough of a shit about either to pay attention). The old broad who hit me was different in my view (the view I have now, not the one I had when I flipped over her hood). She probably had every intention in the world of being a "good" driver but her age-induced physical maladies hindered that and while her skills may have been just fine her bad eyesight and slowed reflexes inhibted her use of those skills. Bad drivers should be summarily shot while people whose age or injuries/disease* prevent them from safely participating in the daily "race" should just be made to sit it out.
*Neither being a fucking jerk nor driving with your head up your ass is a qualifying disease/injury.
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I understand the distinction; I just don't consider it relevant for licensure. Sure, the guy who killed ten people in Santa Monica (if it was that age related) should not be held as responsible as a guy who did the same think recklessly, and neither should be as responsible as a guy who did the same thing intentionally. But there's a reason that traffic offenses are strict liability, and there's a reason that you have to have a license to drive. States and cities should get off their asses and deal with intentionally bad drivers. They should deal with incapacitated drivers. And they should deal with people who may be neither who do a bunch of dangerous or inconsiderate shit on the roads because it saves them time. I won't be any less dead when some asshole with the minimum insurance runs a red light.
