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by wavefunction 3498 days ago
Top speed is a different beast altogether than acceleration, and I doubt you drive 200mph on public streets.
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certainly not 200mph, but he i'm betting he breaks the speed limit. should we ban cars that go above 65mph?

on second thought, never mind, i probably know your answer.

"ban everything dangerous until there's no possible way anyone can get hurt" is not what freedom is.

should people have freedom to drive however they want, on roads used by plenty of other people too?

that seems like a good way to increase road fatalities

it's already illegal to do what you're describing. let me repeat that, for effect: already. illegal. it's against the law. you will literally be arrested and go to jail if you do that.

but don't let that stop you from passing 20 more laws, and then banning people from driving altogether after you realize that, as it turns out, criminals don't follow the law.

which is already happening, just look at the autonomous driving effort. which i'm sure makes you very happy. soon, nobody will drive, we will all be living in a perfect harmonious utopia of robotic sentience.

what are you arguing against then? no body even came near the topic of banning cars, other than you?