If I compare Istanbul, Rome,Prague,San Diego and Chicago. Chicagoans are the shittiest, nastiest drivers by far.
New York people do not learn to drive until late in life. When the rest of u are learning when we are kids. In NY they do not need a car. They glow up, have kids and get cars when the kids are out of the house. By then there reflexes are gone, they canÃt see and they are on prescription drugs big time. Similarly they move to Florida. Out west a large segment of the population has English as a second language, no surprise they cannot pass a written test. I donÃt know how the president ever made it going to school in Hawaii. Idaho #1, you have to take driving seriously out there with so many different kinds of wild animals running across the road, Bear, Elk, rabbit etc.
Until you start fining people large amounts of money for careless and dangerous driving that doesn't actually cause accidents (e.g. tailgating at a 0.5 second gap from the car in front on a highway), this will never change. 95% of car drivers are potential killers who shouldn't be allowed on the roads.
So what you think, 100% of the people should pay for roads and only let 5% approved by you, use the them? Nobody thinks that they are going to get caught. What evidence do you have that fines act as a deterrent?
Do you always construct straw man arguments? I think roads should be paid for by the people who use them. I think people who recklessly and needlessly risk the lives of others should be prevented from and punished for doing so, unless the latter consent to it. I think minimum standards of driving safety are objectively measurable and should be met before one takes a motor vehicle onto the public highway. Private roads can be anything goes as far as I am concerned e.g. racetracks, rally courses, or privately owned highways, as long as everyone there is informed of the risks. These standards are already almost universally applied for high speeds, dangerous driving, drunk driving, driving underage, driving without having passed a test etc. There is no reason they should not be applied to other life-threatening activities such as tail-gating at high speed, driving whilst using a cellphone, driving too fast for adverse weather conditions, failing to learn and practise basic driving skills such as skid control etc. Almost all driving skills are objectively measurable, so it is not my opinion - these are facts we are dealing with. Fines will deter some people. Those who aren't deterred by fines can be deterred in other ways. Those who can't be deterred can be forcibly prevented from driving. Those who kill or injure innocents by their own laziness, negligence, and recklessness should pay for their immoral actions. Formula 1, where cars routinely race in close proximity at speeds of 150-200mph, has a better safety record over the last 15 years than the public highways of every country in the civilised world. Ditto for the World Rally Championship. That is a ridiculous state of affairs and shows that public roads and their users are governed irresponsibly.
My favorite: on the interstate is someone who is driving in the left hand lane, crossing three lanes to make the exit. Imo, if you cause another driver to make a defensive move, you've made a mistake. Re ny cab drivers, imo, horns are a language all there own.
Ha, isn't South FL and Las Vegas where NY drivers go after retirement? I've lived in both places and drivers are terrible. When your light turns green you don't don't dare pull out into an intersection without at least a 1-second count. There are routinely 2 or 3 consecutive cars running red lights. If you choose to stop at an intersection where the light is yellow, you also run the risk of getting rear-ended by the guy behind you.
I've ridden in those Jeepneys (not sure of spelling)... hair-raising trips i was on some islands there too, and those guys drive down pitch-dark dirt roads like they have a death-wish.