[anoncoward111]

Sorry, I disagree.

If you want to stop 30,000 people from dying on the roads every year, don't allow multi-ton vehicles on the road.

If everyone was using motorized bikes, you would have almost no road deaths. Furthermore, people die choking on food every year. Please don't mandate us to use self-chewing teeth.

[cryptoz]

> If you want to stop 30,000 people from dying on the roads every year, don't allow multi-ton vehicles on the road.

Okay, but the idea here is to drop the deaths without impacting the economy so much that it will tank. Yes we could remove all large vehicles, but then people would starve and die anyway because they wouldn't get food to grocery stores fast enough, etc.

[vorpalhex]

If I choke on food, that's sort of on me. If I die from a drunk driver rear-ending me at 6pm in the evening, well, that's not quite my fault now is it?

The problem is that humans are de facto terrible at driving. Cellphones and other distractions, bad decision making, emotional clouding, etc.

I've literally seen someone have to slam on their brakes and pull in the shoulder to avoid a rear end collision because they were tailgating and speeding... and then repeat the exact same mistake in less than five minutes. People are garbage at driving and when a mistake can cost not only your own life, but the lives of others, you don't have some intrinsic right to endanger me because you can't follow a posted speed limit or maintain a safe distance.

I also notice that folks who think they're the best at driving are some of the worst. "I'm a good driver! I can talk on my cellphone and drive at the same time!"

[sambull]

Yeah, but your chewing doesn't smash into my chewing because your texting.