Re: Lic requirements

["Avi Meron" <avi@cosmoslink.net>]

Glen,
Tougher testing does NOT make better drivers, never did, and never
will.......Look at Israel, it has one of the toughest driving tests in the
world and also the highest accidents per capita .....
The connection between driving ability and tough testing is not as clear as
it seems; there are a lot of other factors, least of all the "toughness" of
the test. The driving test in WI is much ,much easier than CA, yet the
problems on the CA roads are far worse than WI, even if you take into
account CA's congestion...
Avi



-----Original Message-----
From: glen powell <gpowell@acacianet.com>
To: q-list <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>; 'Jonathan Linkov'
<valiumnj@email.msn.com>
Date: Thursday, February 19, 1998 9:51 AM
Subject: Lic requirements


><snip>
>If we would stop handing out drivers licenses to people
>in the U.S. (hey, in Virginia a guy speaking little english got a license
>the day I got mine.  Aren't the signs in English???) maybe that will be the
>start of something.  This is a case, I feel, that the gov't NEEDS to stick
>its big nose into the situation, cause we all are getting screwed left and
>right.
>
>It gets worse - much worse. In MA they actually offer lic tests in like 20+
>different languages. You do not need to know even ONE WORD of the
>English language to get a lic in MA. Ever drive in Boston?
>
>-glen
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