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A lot could be solved by rigourous enforcement and very long driving bans. Many people lack the mental capacity to drive safely and are not actually capable of doing so. They endlessly provide evidence of this by not following procedures and rules.

But this is all very authoritarian. People quite understandably resent this kind of overwheing regulation. They don't see the difference between driving to the shops or walking. Why should the latter attract so many rules?

The hope of technology is that we can help incapable drivers be safe. But they are going to resent the imposition. It is just another kind of authoritarian control. But that is perfectly reasonable when a machine has so much kinetic energy.




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