Re: Tougher licensing = Safety Fast?

[Huw Powell <human@nh.ultranet.com>]

-- [ From: Huw Powell * EMC.Ver #3.1a ] --

  >         	it is impossible to legislate higher competence on the roads by
	immediate fiat -- what are the elderly and the poor supposed to do?

	the folks who want to drive, pay extra to do so (in one form or
	another). In return, they potentially get (a) better roads with
	less traffic, and (b) higher average driver competence.

	In summary, then (at the risk of oversimplification), the reason
	we have incompetent drivers on the roads in the U.S. is because
	we have cheap cars and gas ...

	-Arun

hey, I understood that!  and I agree wholeheartedly.   I would love to
replace 3/4 of my driving with public transportation but there are no busses
in this country.

Huw Powell
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