Road design, safety and Vision Zero

[ijmorlan]

Of course, it's all a moot point, virtually everyone, no matter how incapable is permitted to get a license these days, before we bother with background checks, psych tests or whatever, we could actually bother to try and actually test drivers beyond the most basics, and revoke licenses when drivers misbehave. But that would require us to actually treat driving like a privilege rather than a right.

I recall a case a couple years ago, about this guy that had been caught drinking and driving. It was like his 10th charge. It should be noted, he had several driving bans and license suspensions on him, something like 4 overlapping each other.

I find these cases disgusting. What kind of judge doesn’t understand that some people need to be locked up for the protection of society? If they can be rehabilitated, great, but if not, they can sit in a cell forever; “the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few”. It should be impossible to be convicted of drunk driving 10 times, because after approximately the 5th (exact number debatable) time one should be permanently incarcerated; the only debate should be on the nature of the incarceration.

This is one case where mandatory minimums should be applied: repeat recidivist drunk drivers.