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Originally Posted by balthazar
By all means lets never live just so we can make sure nobody dies.
My question is, why not require stricter licensing for vehicles? Why not REQUIRE people take defensive driving classes?
The number of people with cars capable of killing them is damned near 100%.
I had a friend die doing 55 on an interstate, had to do an emergency lane change and it rolled.
Would that have happened had it been governed at 45?
This desire to be nannied bothers the hell out of me.
If I want to kill myself goddammit that's my choice. If my passenger wants to ride with me, that is theirs.
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I agree with all of this EXCEPT the last tiny bit. Did the driver say "I am going to go 140, crest a hill, roll end over end several times and die... Do you want to ride along?"... NO! But, in this case the passenger was fine so its a moot point. If the passenger had died and the drive lived, it would be a different story!