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Re: driver's ed. is a joke



In article EuB@pgh.nauticom.net, video@3DRESEARCH.nauticom.net (jd) writes:
>In article <3ubr2o$ics@khis_news.khis.kodak.com>
>king@khis.com (Robert King) writes:

>> >I don't think we should expect that the 'system' (any system) could
>> >prevent unskilled, irresponsible and lousy drivers on the road.
>> 
>>    On which road?  If I own a road, (racetrack, whatever,)  I have a
>> perfect right to demand anyone using it to show me proof of competence
>> before I let them on it.  The Government has that same right.  Driving
>> on public roads is a previlidge extended to us by our government.
>> 
>> 
>If you, a private entity, owns the road, you make the rules, no
>question. It may be somewhat different with a 'government-owned' public
>road, paid for by tax dollars, since restricting usage appears to
>collide with your right to travel (one of your not-emerated rights in
>the 9th Amendment). But check out
><http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~karl/govt/driver.html> for more on this.

   I've responded to these in a previous post.


>> >What if laws were changed that these dollars
>> >would be returned to the cited drivers in the form of vouchers good to
>> >professional driving schools (such as the ones that advertise in
>> >Autoweek)?
>> 
>>    I have a problem "rewarding" cited drivers like this, but I think
>> you're looking in the right direction.
>> 
>> 
>I really don't think most people would perceive having been sent to
>driver education and made pay for it as a 'reward'.

   Theres driver education and then there's a driving school.  They're very
different.  One is as boring as hell, the other is incredibly fun!


 
>>    I agree.  It would be nice (although impractical at present,) to have
>> limited access roadways (like a tollway,) that would have essentially
>> unlimited driving speeds (an American Autobahn, if you will.
>
>Wouldn't it be nice to have such highways? I don't expect government to
>build them. But private enterprise could one day.

   They can NOW.  The technology is there - all we need is financing and
the political clout to pull it off.



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