<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 9:56 AM, William Flynn Wallace <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:foozler83@gmail.com" target="_blank">foozler83@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span class=""><span></span>I have the suspect if all laws were uphold and enforced, there would be<br></span><div class="gmail_quote"><span class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
a lot of problem driving around with or without driverless cars.<br>
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Mirco<br>
</font></span><div><div><br></div></div></blockquote></span><div><div style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline">Well, finally. A way to cut down or even eliminate deaths from cars.</div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>It's be pretty easy to combine maps and GPS automatically limit cars to the speed limit.<br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline">I am a libertarian,</div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Really?<br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline"> but it is just stupid the way Americans view their cars.</div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Lots of Americans and citizens of other countries are stupid about lots of things. Is a super-nanny-state the best solution?<br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline"> Long ago we could have passed laws so that a car could not go faster than, say, 75. How many are dead because we never did that?<br></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Excessive speed is one only factor contributing to auto fatalities. There's also lack of seatbelt use, mechanical failure, impairment, poor driving ability, distraction, road rage, etc.<br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline">In my younger days I hated it when a car was going faster than me. So I sped up and passed them. Yes, I have gotten numerous tickets but it never stopped me. Extremely irresponsible.<br></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Irresponsible, yes. But speed limits are sometimes ridiculously low and speeding isn't *always* unsafe. <br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline">So make cars that get radio signals mandating a certain speed limit and so cannot go faster than that.</div> <div style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline"> Put alcohol testers in every car so that they won't start if the driver is impaired.<br></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>And make drivers demonstrate real competence regularly. And mandate passive restraints. And rigorous annual vehicle inspections. And cell phone jammers. And wait we need a way to test for pot, meth, coke, opiate, ... impairment. And I'm sure I'm missing some things...<br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline">Clearly we won't stop speeding and drinking by ourselves, so let's force ourselves to do it.<br></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Kindly return your libertarian membership card in the envelope provided. :-)<br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline">So - no more reason to own a Corvette or Ferrari. Good. Let those people act out their fantasies off the roads.<br></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div> Right, because no sports car owner ever behaves responsibly. Yes, racing should be off-road, and that's currently the law everywhere.<br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline"></div><div style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline">There is no justification for other people paying, often with their lives, for some others' testosterone-fueled speeding and reckless, drunken driving.<br></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Do you really want to go down the path of government preventing every possible accidental death? What's the justification for the death of person who's killed sitting at home reading a book by a plane that crashes into their house? Some big shot executives had meetings to get to? They can't telecommute? Some package needed to be delivered faster? They couldn't wait? Really?<br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline">Why haven't we done this before? Because men won't grow up.<br></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>No, because people value the freedom to take risks and they don't want to live in protective bubbles for the rest of their lives "for their own safety".<br><br></div><div>-Dave <br></div></div></div></div>