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Driver Licensing not about highway safety
Driver Licensing serves no purpose for highway safety that laws
against endangerment did not already serve, and instead only serves fiscal greed. Read about it at: http://proffsl.110mb.com/driver_licensing.php |
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Driver Licensing not about highway safety
"proffsl" wrote in message
oups.com... Driver Licensing serves no purpose for highway safety that laws against endangerment did not already serve, and instead only serves fiscal greed. I don't agree, but, driver licensing is here to stay. Might as well get used to it. If it were fiscal greed, it would cost a couple hundred dollars to get a license. License information also helps solve a lot of crimes, offer identification and let others know that the people with the licenses had to provide some proof that they were somewhat competent to drive motor vehicles. KM -- (-:alohacyberian:-) At my website view over 3,600 live cameras or visit NASA, the Vatican, the Smithsonian, the Louvre, CIA, FBI, and NBA, the White House, Academy Awards, 150 language translators! Visit Hawaii, Israel and more at: http://keith.martin.home.att.net/ |
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Driver Licensing not about highway safety
Alohacyberian wrote on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:55:26 GMT:
A "proffsl" wrote in message A oups.com... ?? Driver Licensing serves no purpose for highway safety that ?? laws against endangerment did not already serve, and ?? instead only serves fiscal greed. ?? A I don't agree, but, driver licensing is here to stay. Might A as well get used to it. If it were fiscal greed, it would A cost a couple hundred dollars to get a license. License A information also helps solve a lot of crimes, offer A identification and let others know that the people with the A licenses had to provide some proof that they were somewhat A competent to drive motor vehicles. KM You could probably make a case against car license plates too! At one time, you could get used to the pattern in a state. which facilitated reading quickly. It's much more complicated now in my state of MD. We have ABC123, 1AB C23, 123M456, M12345, vanity plates, private organizational plates like UMD 1234 and I don't know what else. They don't even issue new plates unless you ask for them or, sometimes, buy a new car but it's a healthy hunk of change each year for the little plastic sticker! James Silverton Potomac, Maryland E-mail, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not |
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Driver Licensing not about highway safety
"James Silverton" wrote in message
news:hrQHi.2500$ec2.803@trnddc03... Alohacyberian wrote on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:55:26 GMT: A "proffsl" wrote in message A oups.com... ?? Driver Licensing serves no purpose for highway safety that ?? laws against endangerment did not already serve, and ?? instead only serves fiscal greed. ?? A I don't agree, but, driver licensing is here to stay. Might A as well get used to it. If it were fiscal greed, it would A cost a couple hundred dollars to get a license. License A information also helps solve a lot of crimes, offer A identification and let others know that the people with the A licenses had to provide some proof that they were somewhat A competent to drive motor vehicles. KM You could probably make a case against car license plates too! At one time, you could get used to the pattern in a state. which facilitated reading quickly. It's much more complicated now in my state of MD. We have ABC123, 1AB C23, 123M456, M12345, vanity plates, private organizational plates like UMD 1234 and I don't know what else. They don't even issue new plates unless you ask for them or, sometimes, buy a new car but it's a healthy hunk of change each year for the little plastic sticker! James Silverton Potomac, Maryland Yes, license plates, stickers and registrations are a much better example of fiscal greed than are driver licenses. I suppose the original poster may be sour-grapes because s/he had a license revoked and probably for good reason. KM -- (-:alohacyberian:-) At my website view over 3,600 live cameras or visit NASA, the Vatican, the Smithsonian, the Louvre, CIA, FBI, and NBA, the White House, Academy Awards, 150 language translators! Visit Hawaii, Israel and more at: http://keith.martin.home.att.net/ |
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Driver Licensing not about highway safety
On Sep 19, 4:46 am, "Alohacyberian" wrote:
"James Silverton" wrote in message Alohacyberian wrote on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:55:26 GMT: A "proffsl" wrote in message groups.com... ?? Driver Licensing serves no purpose for highway safety that ?? laws against endangerment did not already serve, and ?? instead only serves fiscal greed. ?? A I don't agree, but, driver licensing is here to stay. Might A as well get used to it. If it were fiscal greed, it would A cost a couple hundred dollars to get a license. License A information also helps solve a lot of crimes, offer A identification and let others know that the people with the A licenses had to provide some proof that they were somewhat A competent to drive motor vehicles. KM You could probably make a case against car license plates too! At one time, you could get used to the pattern in a state. which facilitated reading quickly. It's much more complicated now in my state of MD. We have ABC123, 1AB C23, 123M456, M12345, vanity plates, private organizational plates like UMD 1234 and I don't know what else. They don't even issue new plates unless you ask for them or, sometimes, buy a new car but it's a healthy hunk of change each year for the little plastic sticker! James Silverton Potomac, Maryland Yes, license plates, stickers and registrations are a much better example of fiscal greed than are driver licenses. I suppose the original poster may be sour-grapes because s/he had a license revoked and probably for good reason. Typical Ad Hominem responce. Instead of discussing the issue at hand, you'd rather discuss your suppositions about the writer. Ad Hominems are a sign of mental sloth behavior. |
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Driver Licensing not about highway safety
Alohacyberian wrote:
"proffsl" wrote in message oups.com... Driver Licensing serves no purpose for highway safety that laws against endangerment did not already serve, and instead only serves fiscal greed. I don't agree, but, driver licensing is here to stay. Might as well get used to it. If it were fiscal greed, it would cost a couple hundred dollars to get a license. License information also helps solve a lot of crimes, offer identification and let others know that the people with the licenses had to provide some proof that they were somewhat competent to drive motor vehicles. That article is a crock. Driver licensing does ensure that drivers have completed written and road tests to demonstrate that they understand the traffic laws in their state or province and that they are capable of handling a motor vehicle safely. Enforcement of rules of the road is a way to try to force compliance with the law, and liability suits are yet another means of forcing compliance. Unfortuneatley, too many people think only of themselves and refuse to accept that they could be caught in violation or get into an accident. Licensing standards have improved road safety. Graduated licensing for new drivers has improved road safety. Medical suspensions for people with physical and mental problems have improved road safety. Demerit points for driving violations have improved road safety. To suggest that there is no merit to driver licensing is just plain foolish. I worked for a short time as a driver examiner and I can tell you how bad some of those new drivers are, and how bad some of the senior drivers are. Some people should not be allowed behind the wheel of a car. |
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Driver Licensing not about highway safety
Dave Smith wrote:
Alohacyberian wrote: "proffsl" wrote: Driver Licensing serves no purpose for highway safety that laws against endangerment did not already serve, and instead only serves fiscal greed. I don't agree, but, driver licensing is here to stay. Might as well get used to it. If it were fiscal greed, it would cost a couple hundred dollars to get a license. License information also helps solve a lot of crimes, offer identification and let others know that the people with the licenses had to provide some proof that they were somewhat competent to drive motor vehicles. That article is a crock. Driver licensing does ensure that drivers have completed written and road tests to demonstrate that they understand the traffic laws in their state or province and that they are capable of handling a motor vehicle safely. Well, of course they do. Just as being requited to take a test to see if you can hold your breath for more than a minute will ensure that you have demonstrated that you can hold your breath for more than a minute. But, what you claim Driver Licensing tests do isn't what I stated that Driver Licenses fail to do. My statement was that Driver Licensing does NOTHING for highway safety that laws against endangerment didn't already serve. Virtually everybody over the age of 12 CAN drive safely. The question isn't if they CAN drive safely, but rather if they WILL drive safely. More than 98% of all highway accidents are due to WILFULL acts of negligence, not due to an inability to drive safely. Not having a driver licenses doesn't mean you're driving dangerously. And, having a driver licenses doesn't mean you're driving safely. What prevents people from doing things that endanger the lives of others? Their sure prosecution for Endangerment if they do is what prevents them from doing it to begin with. As I said, Driver Licensing does nothing for highway safety that laws against Endangerment didn't already serve. Enforcement of rules of the road is a way to try to force compliance with the law, and liability suits are yet another means of forcing compliance. Unfortuneatley, too many people think only of themselves and refuse to accept that they could be caught in violation or get into an accident. See! Even there, in the back of your mind, you recognize this fact. It isn't driver licensing that ensures that people drive safely, but instead the enforcement of rules against behavior that endangers others. As I said. The question isn't if they CAN drive safely, but rather if they WILL drive safely. And, driver licensing CAN NOT determine that. Driver Licensing does NOTHING for highway safety that laws against endangerment didn't already serve. Medical suspensions for people with physical and mental problems have improved road safety. Demerit points for driving violations have improved road safety. We don't need a License to Liberty in order to have that Right suspended or denied, and neither do we need a License to Drive in order to have that Right suspended. If someone's medical or mental condition so determines, or if their behavior so determined, a judge (by due process of law) can temporarily or perminately deny them of their Right to Drive. If they persist in doing so anyway, their Right of Liberty altogether can be denied of them. I worked for a short time as a driver examiner and I can tell you how bad some of those new drivers are, and how bad some of the senior drivers are. Again, there in the back of your mind, you are knowing, and unkowingly affirming what I said. Driver licensing does NOTHING for highway safety that laws against endangerment didn't already serve. Some people should not be allowed behind the wheel of a car. True. That's what the courts, and Due Process of Law are for. Through this process, people are denied of all sorts of their Rights, such as their Right to Keep and Bear Arms, and sometimes their Right of Liberty. But, Driver Licensing presumes to deny everybody of their Right of Locomotion ordinarily used for personal travel on our public highways WITHOUT DUE PROCESS OF LAW. "The streets belong to the public and are primarily for the use of the public in the ordinary way." -- Packard v. Banton, 264 U.S. 140 (1924) - http://laws.findlaw.com/us/264/140.html#144 "Undoubtedly the right of locomotion, the right to remove from one place to another according to inclination, is an attribute of personal liberty, and the right, ordinarily, of free transit from or through the territory of any state is a right secured by the 14th Amendment and by other provisions of the Constitution." - Williams v. Fears, 179 U.S. 270 (1900) - http://laws.findlaw.com/us/179/270.html#274 Our public highways were built on our property with our money for the purpose of enhancing and increasing the exercise of our Right of Liberty. But, as our public highways are being made more and more unusable by anything but the Automobile, the more this LIE that Driving is a Privilege makes us ALL Prisoners of Privliege behind bars of blacktop. |
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Driver Licensing not about highway safety
proffsl wrote:
That article is a crock. Driver licensing does ensure that drivers have completed written and road tests to demonstrate that they understand the traffic laws in their state or province and that they are capable of handling a motor vehicle safely. Well, of course they do. Just as being requited to take a test to see if you can hold your breath for more than a minute will ensure that you have demonstrated that you can hold your breath for more than a minute. But, what you claim Driver Licensing tests do isn't what I stated that Driver Licenses fail to do. My statement was that Driver Licensing does NOTHING for highway safety that laws against endangerment didn't already serve. I already stated that driver licence testing ensures that people can demonstrate knowledge of traffic law and the ability to drive safely. Virtually everybody over the age of 12 CAN drive safely. You might be surprised at the number of people who cannot drive safely. That is cannot, as opposed to do not or will not. The question isn't if they CAN drive safely, but rather if they WILL drive safely. More than 98% of all highway accidents are due to WILFULL acts of negligence, not due to an inability to drive safely. Not having a driver licenses doesn't mean you're driving dangerously. And, having a driver licenses doesn't mean you're driving safely. Is that 90% a figure that you can provide a source for or just one that you pulled out of the air? I will assume the later because I doubt that you will find a reliable source that deals with an oxymoron like wilful negligence. Something can be done wilfully or out of negligence, but the two are mutually exclusive. Sometimes it takes two to tangle, but sometimes good drivers are just in the wrong place at the wrong time, and other times the carelessness or inattention of a driver has made it impossible to avoid being crashed into by a worse driver. Imagine what it would be like if they did not have to get a licence. What prevents people from doing things that endanger the lives of others? Their sure prosecution for Endangerment if they do is what prevents them from doing it to begin with. As I said, Driver Licensing does nothing for highway safety that laws against Endangerment didn't already serve. I also said that enforcement of traffic laws is a second means of dealing with traffic safety. You may be surprised to see the number of people with clean driving records. Then there are those with horrible records. Licence suspensions allows the government to (try to) keep those people off the road. Enforcement of rules of the road is a way to try to force compliance with the law, and liability suits are yet another means of forcing compliance. Unfortuneatley, too many people think only of themselves and refuse to accept that they could be caught in violation or get into an accident. See! Even there, in the back of your mind, you recognize this fact. It isn't driver licensing that ensures that people drive safely, but instead the enforcement of rules against behavior that endangers others. OTOH... we could have weekly, monthly or annual driver tests if you think that may be a better way to instil safe driving habits in people. As I said. The question isn't if they CAN drive safely, but rather if they WILL drive safely. And, driver licensing CAN NOT determine that. Driver Licensing does NOTHING for highway safety that laws against endangerment didn't already serve. And as I said, you can repeat your silly mantra all you want but it doesn't make it so. Driver licensing has improved road safety. Graduated licensing has reduced accidents i new drivers. Motorcycle licences have reduced motorcycle accidents and classified licences has reduced commercial vehicle accidents. I worked for a short time as a driver examiner and I can tell you how bad some of those new drivers are, and how bad some of the senior drivers are. Again, there in the back of your mind, you are knowing, and unkowingly affirming what I said. Driver licensing does NOTHING for highway safety that laws against endangerment didn't already serve. Some people should not be allowed behind the wheel of a car. True. That's what the courts, and Due Process of Law are for. Through this process, people are denied of all sorts of their Rights, such as their Right to Keep and Bear Arms, and sometimes their Right of Liberty. The courts are retroactive. It doesn't help much if an unlicensed driver kills someone and goes to jail or pays a fine. It is too late. Better to have that person demonstrate ahead of time that they can drive.... and to have them know that their *privilege* to drive can be suspended or revoked. "The streets belong to the public and are primarily for the use of the public in the ordinary way." -- Packard v. Banton, 264 U.S. 140 (1924) - http://laws.findlaw.com/us/264/140.html#144 If you can't beat them baffle them with bull**** eh. That article says nothing about driver licences. "Undoubtedly the right of locomotion, the right to remove from one place to another according to inclination, is an attribute of personal liberty, and the right, ordinarily, of free transit from or through the territory of any state is a right secured by the 14th Amendment and by other provisions of the Constitution." - Williams v. Fears, 179 U.S. 270 (1900) - http://laws.findlaw.com/us/179/270.html#274 Nor does this one. A good rule of thumb is that if you are going to provide a cite to prove your point, there should be something in the cite that proves your point, or at least mentions it. Our public highways were built on our property with our money for the purpose of enhancing and increasing the exercise of our Right of Liberty. But, as our public highways are being made more and more unusable by anything but the Automobile, the more this LIE that Driving is a Privilege makes us ALL Prisoners of Privliege behind bars of blacktop. Perhaps you can find the section of the Constitution that provides for the right to drive a car. |
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Dave Smith wrote:
proffsl wrote: That article is a crock. Driver licensing does ensure that drivers have completed written and road tests to demonstrate that they understand the traffic laws in their state or province and that they are capable of handling a motor vehicle safely. Well, of course they do. Just as being requited to take a test to see if you can hold your breath for more than a minute will ensure that you have demonstrated that you can hold your breath for more than a minute. But, what you claim Driver Licensing tests do isn't what I stated that Driver Licenses fail to do. My statement was that Driver Licensing does NOTHING for highway safety that laws against endangerment didn't already serve. I already stated that driver licence testing ensures that people can demonstrate knowledge of traffic law and the ability to drive safely. Well, of course they do. Just as being required to take a test to see if you can hild your breath for more than a minute will ensure that you have demonstrated the ability to hold your breath for more than a minuite. BUT, what you claim Driver Licensing test do isn't what I stated that Driver Licenses fail to do. My statement was that Driver Licensing does NOTHING for highway safety that laws against endangerment didn't already serve. Virtually everybody over the age of 12 CAN drive safely. You might be surprised at the number of people who cannot drive safely. That is cannot, as opposed to do not or will not. The question isn't if they CAN drive safely, but rather if they WILL drive safely. More than 98% of all highway accidents are due to WILFULL acts of negligence, not due to an inability to drive safely. Not having a driver licenses doesn't mean you're driving dangerously. And, having a driver licenses doesn't mean you're driving safely. Is that 90% a figure that you can provide a source for or just one that you pulled out of the air? "some 98 percent of the accidents reported involved a single distracted driver" - http://www.mercola.com/2003/mar/26/car_accidents.htm "Over 95% of motor vehicle accidents involve some degree of driver behavior" - http://www.smartmotorist.com/acc/acc.htm As for negligence being, by far and away, the leading cause of automobile accidents, a simple Google search will most surely affirm that fact. I doubt that you will find a reliable source that deals with an oxymoron like wilful negligence. Something can be done wilfully or out of negligence, but the two are mutually exclusive. To the contrary, negligence is always committed willfully. It's not as if some force of nature, out of somebody's control, reaches out and causes them to neglect their duties. They neglect their duties because they WILL not apply themselves to their duties. If someone is driving down the highway, and becomes destracted by the volume control of their radio, they WILLFULLY choose to look toward their volume control instead of the highway. If someone is driving down the highway, and becomes destracted by a crying baby in the back seat, they WILLFULLY choose to look toward the crying baby instead of the highway. If someone is driving down the highway, and they begin to rubber neck at an accident, they WILLFULLY choose to look toward the accident instead of the highway. There is only a very short instant in which one's reflexes to something unexpected overtake their willfullness, and after that instant (the blink of an eye), their WILL then comes back into play. If a driver is paying attention to their duty of driving safely, the possibility that something will happen in the blink of an eye to send the situtation out of their control is completely neglectible. How many times have you blinked while driving? I'm sure the number of times for just one trip to work would count in the hundreds. We have all blinked hundreds of thousands of times while driving. After that initial blink, if you choose to keep your eyes closed, you do so because of your own WILL. Imagine what it would be like if they did not have to get a licence. I'd prefer to stick with reason instead of imagination. What prevents people from doing things that endanger the lives of others? Their sure prosecution for Endangerment if they do is what prevents them from doing it to begin with. As I said, Driver Licensing does nothing for highway safety that laws against Endangerment didn't already serve. I also said that enforcement of traffic laws is a second means of dealing with traffic safety. You may be surprised to see the number of people with clean driving records. Then there are those with horrible records. Licence suspensions allows the government to (try to) keep those people off the road. Here you seem to presume that the absence of a license, in and of itself, somehow prevents someone from driving. Without the threat of prosecution, there is nothing in the mere absense of a license that prevents someone from driving. One doesn't have to have even acquired a driver license for it to be later become suspended in order to keep them off the highways, any more than one has to have a License to Liberty issued and later suspended in order to keep them from venturing to places they've been ordered by law not to go (restraining orders). It's the threat of sure prosecution if they do those things that keeps them from doing them. As I have said, and demonstrated numerous times: Driver Licensing does nothing for highway safety that laws against endangerment didn't already serve. Enforcement of rules of the road is a way to try to force compliance with the law, and liability suits are yet another means of forcing compliance. Unfortuneatley, too many people think only of themselves and refuse to accept that they could be caught in violation or get into an accident. See! Even there, in the back of your mind, you recognize this fact. It isn't driver licensing that ensures that people drive safely, but instead the enforcement of rules against behavior that endangers others. OTOH... we could have weekly, monthly or annual driver tests if you think that may be a better way to instil safe driving habits in people. Now you're just being absurd. I can only assume you are being so as a sort of knee jerk reaction to a truth you wish to willfully neglect. I've told you what I think instils safe driving habits. The enforcement of rules against behavior that endangers others instils safe driving habits, along with safe habits in the exercise of all our other Rights. As I said. The question isn't if they CAN drive safely, but rather if they WILL drive safely. And, driver licensing CAN NOT determine that. Driver Licensing does NOTHING for highway safety that laws against endangerment didn't already serve. And as I said, you can repeat your silly mantra all you want but it doesn't make it so. And, you can ignore the facts before your eyes all you want, but that doesn't make them false or go away. Driver licensing has improved road safety. Graduated licensing has reduced accidents i new drivers. Motorcycle licences have reduced motorcycle accidents and classified licences has reduced commercial vehicle accidents. From my research on this issue, the primary cause for any reduction in the number of accidents is safer automobiles, automobiles which handle highway conditions better, and ABS systems being at the top of that list. You know, if Driver Licensing had remained as it was when I first began driving where, at that time, they only tested one's knowledge of the rules of the road, and their ability to handle an automobile, even though I still consider it a mostly useless act, I would never have made this into an issue, and would have just let things go as they were. But, today, driver licensing has become a much broader issue that simply testing one's ability to drive, and instead has become a means of reaching into people's wallets for money, money and more money. Through the years, retaining one's Right to Drive their automobile on public highways has evolved from an expense of maybe only $12 a year, to one more around a figure of $1000 or more a year. Some people should not be allowed behind the wheel of a car. True. That's what the courts, and Due Process of Law are for. Through this process, people are denied of all sorts of their Rights, such as their Right to Keep and Bear Arms, and sometimes their Right of Liberty. The courts are retroactive. It doesn't help much if an unlicensed driver kills someone and goes to jail or pays a fine. It is too late. Do you presume that you can somehow punish people for driving without a license BEFORE they actually drive without a license? No, you sitll have to wait until they actually commit the act before you can punish them. I don't know if you're doing this deliberately, or merely due to brainwash programming, but you are attempting to employ baffling bull****. Better to have that person demonstrate ahead of time that they can drive.... Virtually everybody over the age of 12 CAN Drive an automobile safely. If they CAN drive safely isn't the question, but rather the question is if they WILL drive safely. And, driver licensing CAN NOT determine that. As I have pointed out, some 98% of all highway accidents are caused by WILLFUL acts of negligence. And, not even the remaining 2% of the accidents belong mostly to any inability to drive safely. and to have them know that their *privilege* to drive can be suspended or revoked. There is no need to issue a Liberty License in order to impose restraining orders on people, or to outright deny them of their Right of Liberty by placing them in jail. Likewise, there is no need to issue a Driver License in order to temporarly suspend one's Right to Drive, or to outright deny them of their Right to Drive, by Due Process of Law. "The streets belong to the public and are primarily for the use of the public in the ordinary way." -- Packard v. Banton, 264 U.S. 140 (1924) -http://laws.findlaw.com/us/264/140.html#144 If you can't beat them baffle them with bull**** eh. That article says nothing about driver licences. "Undoubtedly the right of locomotion, the right to remove from one place to another according to inclination, is an attribute of personal liberty, and the right, ordinarily, of free transit from or through the territory of any state is a right secured by the 14th Amendment and by other provisions of the Constitution." - Williams v. Fears, 179 U.S. 270 (1900) -http://laws.findlaw.com/us/179/270.html#274 Nor does this one. Nothing baffling or bull**** about it. Combined in their meaning: We have the Right of Locomotion ordinarily used for personal travel on our public highways. What is the Locomotion ordinarily used for personal travel on our public highways these days? Driving the Automobile, of course. Nothing baffling about that. No bull**** either. Just a simple FACT. Our public highways were built on our property with our money for the purpose of enhancing and increasing the exercise of our Right of Liberty. But, as our public highways are being made more and more unusable by anything but the Automobile, the more this LIE that Driving is a Privilege makes us ALL Prisoners of Privliege behind bars of blacktop. Perhaps you can find the section of the Constitution that provides for the right to drive a car. Perhaps you can find the section of the Constitution that provides for the Right to "write articles about our Right to Drive safely". No? Would you then presume I don't have this Right? Have you ever read the 9th Amendment to the Constitution? "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people." But, isn't that EXACTLY what you're are attempting to do, to construe it to deny or disparage other Rights retained by the people? YEP!!! The Constitution isn't intended to define the limit of Rights retained by the people, but instead it is intended to define the limits of Powers delegated to government. Perhaps you can find the section of the Constitution that delegates to government the authority to deny people of their Right of Locomotion ordinarily used for personal travel on our public highways? |
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On Sep 22, 7:32 pm, Dave Smith wrote:
proffsl wrote: That article is a crock. Driver licensing does ensure that drivers have completed written and road tests to demonstrate that they understand the traffic laws in their state or province and that they are capable of handling a motor vehicle safely. Well, of course they do. Just as being requited to take a test to see if you can hold your breath for more than a minute will ensure that you have demonstrated that you can hold your breath for more than a minute. But, what you claim Driver Licensing tests do isn't what I stated that Driver Licenses fail to do. My statement was that Driver Licensing does NOTHING for highway safety that laws against endangerment didn't already serve. I already stated that driver licence testing ensures that people can demonstrate knowledge of traffic law and the ability to drive safely. Virtually everybody over the age of 12 CAN drive safely. You might be surprised at the number of people who cannot drive safely. That is cannot, as opposed to do not or will not. The question isn't if they CAN drive safely, but rather if they WILL drive safely. More than 98% of all highway accidents are due to WILFULL acts of negligence, not due to an inability to drive safely. Not having a driver licenses doesn't mean you're driving dangerously. And, having a driver licenses doesn't mean you're driving safely. Is that 90% a figure that you can provide a source for or just one that you pulled out of the air? I will assume the later because I doubt that you will find a reliable source that deals with an oxymoron like wilful negligence. Something can be done wilfully or out of negligence, but the two are mutually exclusive. Your instinct is correct; proffsl pulled it out of thin air. He misused the same statistic in spring 2006 in a mega-thread regurgitating the same lies, mistakes, faulty logic and in one case, his outright complete fabrication of a phony court case. In this case, he completely misread a statistical study on driver distraction and accidents. The study was not of *all* accidents but only of those caused by driver distraction, which was a small subset of the whole. It was pointed out to him, but he is apparently intent on spamming usenet with proven lies. |
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