It’s my god given right to drive a 5,000lb vehicle. Any attempt to make sure I’m fit to drive this safely is an assault on my god given rights.

  • Treczoks@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    That is a home-made American problem. If you are not living in a city center that happens to have usable public transport, being left without a car makes you an outcast. No shopping, no personal social contacts, no way to visit a doctor, etc.

    • Archmage Azor@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      It’s not strictly american. I’m not american, and here we have plenty of elderly drivers, it makes me worried when I see them. Luckily we have good public transport too.

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        1 year ago

        You missed the point. It’s an American problem because our public transport got gutted or never even existed in the first place.

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          1 year ago

          This is a problem in many countries besides America. The same shit happens in Canada. I remember elderly people crashing cars into buildings on the news occasionally growing up in Fake London, Ontario

    • zepheriths@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Ok everything except the first to lines is entirely irrelevant. I’m sure if an elderly bus driver drove into someone they would be dragged along for much longer

      • n3m37h@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        You do know there are entire towns that want internet that don’t have it. Others have resorted to building their own internet infrastructure

      • LimitedWard@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        The Internet is not a replacement for real human interaction. Also a lot of elderly people have trouble using it.