[kube-system]

> If US drivers had to meet the same standards as Danish drivers in order to get a license, our roads would be a lot safer.

It probably wouldn't. A VERY high proportion of the most risky drivers on US roads are already driving illegally. For example, nearly 1/3 of drivers in Mississippi are driving around without insurance.

https://www.iii.org/fact-statistic/facts-statistics-uninsure...

If people are given a choice between driving illegally and going without basic necessities, they choose the former.

A lot of people end up in this situation because they are bad drivers with bad records, and can't afford the insurance, so they drive illegally. Functionally this is no different than if they weren't able to get a drivers license. They are still on the road.

Lax licensing is not the cause of bad drivers in the US. Both the bad drivers and the lax licensing is caused by a lack of transportation availability.

[SoftTalker]

Well the other thing about Denmark and many other European countries is that cars are also much more expensive to buy, to own, to register, etc. so people who are on the verge of not having basic necessities certainly cannot afford a car. So the people who are driving are by and large people who have something to lose by flouting the law, which tends to make them act more responsibly.