• Almacca@aussie.zone
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    1 year ago

    100% agree, but it’s amazing how quickly some people forget their education once they get out on the road, especially after a few years accumulating bad habits. How about less reliance on cars in the first place?

    • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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      1 year ago

      How about less reliance on cars in the first place?

      Americans seem to think of buses as some sort of commie plot.

        • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.world
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          1 year ago

          Or on your motorcycle in 15.

          Everyone with the usual compliment of legs should be forced to start on a motorcycle or moped. After 2 years of that we let you graduate to being in a box. Riding a motorcycle will force you to learn how to remain attentive and focused 100% on operating your machine, and when you’re finally afforded the luxury of a roof and heat, not having to get rained and snowed on half the year, you’ll really appreciate what you’ve got instead of treating it like the world owes you a car.

            • ManOMorphos@lemmy.world
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              1 year ago

              In the US, it seems supporting policies that make the elderly retake the driving exam is complete political suicide. There is a good reason for it and it would keep people safe, but there’s no chance of it happening while the population that mostly votes is old.

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                1 year ago

                Im not sure how true that is, at least FL requires you to renew your license more frequently as you get older. Idk if its just a vision test though.

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                  1 year ago

                  I may be biased from seeing what I see in my state, lol. Families have to beg them to stop driving after they crash into a building, no political will exists to change things. There’s more states than I thought that require additional driving exams, at least in certain circumstances.

            • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.world
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              1 year ago

              I propose the following amendment, then: If you cause harm to a two wheeled rider due to negligence and/or belligerence, you get busted down to a Vespa for a further 5 years.

      • Chadus_Maximus@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        No test prepared me for black ice. Sure they tell you to be careful when temps drop but how much slower should you go? I guessed wrong and crashed. There are too many conditions that you just never get to experience where one misjudgement has dire consequences.

        What fucks me up is hearing about experienced drivers crashing in similar ways, so you’re never really going to figure out everything, especially during snowy seasons, you just have to hope that whatever you do is correct and risk your life.