Re:Daytime Running Lights

[Lee Levitt <wheelman@shore.net>]

Psycho Bob <honge@creighton.edu> wrote:
>Ah! Why settle for 5% increase in margin of safety, when you can settle
>for 200% (or more!) by petitioning change on what and how people need to
>do/pass to get their driver's license? I see many "back route"
>solutions... Like the most infamous one -- like govt's ever stingent
>emission laws on new vehicle -- when the source of the problem is those
>old clunkers on the road that are (frankly) not likely to be replaced with
>new cars soon.
>
>What's next? Horns that will hunk every 5 seconds after poeple are pretty
>much conditioned with these DRLs? And next? Government requires car
>manufactuers to paint the car in neon, glow-in-the-dark paint? (Hmmm...
>which I recall, that long time ago MB did found that orange-painted models
>has the least accident rate of all car colors...)
>
>Why not go to the source of the problem -- namely, not letting "lamers" to
>pass and hold driver's license -- and get it over with?

I'm not out to save the world...I have enough stuff on my plate. I just
want every % improvement I can find at a *reasonable* investment in
time/money. I'm not going to wear a Snell-approved helmet when I drive down
the street either.

Trying to get drivers' ed or licensing policies changed isn't something
that will be a good use of my personal resources. OTOH, my kids *will* go
to proper driving schools when it's time.

I'll do everything I can to be a safe driver, but if I can get that bozo's
attention before he pulls into my path, that would be a Good Thing (tm)
indeed. No?

Just my .02. YMMV,

Lee



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