On roads with a 30mph maximum, 50% of car drivers break the law, says the annual DfT report on speed limit compliance.
    • MatthewToad43
      2•1 year ago

      @gabriel @sooper_dooper_roofer @mondoman712 Because somehow drivers have decided that driving is a right in the same sense that freedom of association is a right.

      That any restriction on their ability to drive, that any monitoring of their driving in a public place, is somehow against civil liberties.

      That the law should be reinterpreted to suit them. That “causing death by dangerous driving” is somehow less serious than manslaughter (aka murder 3).

      Freedom to drive has never been a constitutional or human right. Certainly not in my country nor in the USA.

      Cars need to be regulated for the same reason that guns need to be regulated.

      • MatthewToad43
        2•1 year ago

        @gabriel @sooper_dooper_roofer @mondoman712 Some of this results from the practical reality that many of our cities are specifically designed to force people to drive. Unfortunately it will take time to fix that.

        However, as I just boosted, there are plenty of people who can’t drive.