• Re: 2026 Infrastructure B

    From Dr. What@21:1/616 to Hustler on Sun Jun 4 08:53:00 2023
    Hustler wrote to Blue White <=-

    How do they plan to stop the stupid people from driving? Give them a
    math test?

    That is a difficult problem. We could stop them from getting a driver's license. But some will drive without a license. We could stop them from owning a car, but they can get a strawman for that.

    A number of years ago there was such an incident. tl;dr:
    + Poor driver caught air on an intersection and came down on top of another car, killing that driver of that car. The poor driver ran from the scene.
    + When caught, they found he had no license. He could not get a license for at least 10 years and was not permitted to even own a car. All because of his past problems with driving.

    p.s. The poor driver's father was never permitted to ever drive again nor ever own a car, showing that stupidity is, indeed, genetic.


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  • From Adept@21:2/108 to Dr. What on Sun Jun 4 18:15:09 2023
    the scene. + When caught, they found he had no license. He could not
    get a license for at least 10 years and was not permitted to even own a car. All because of his past problems with driving.

    What I always find odd about such situations, is that somehow these people manage to get behind the wheel of a car, and generally without stealing said car.

    I once had an alcoholic as a housemate (not even by choice -- person was allowed to stay for a couple of days by another housemate, and "a couple of days" turned into a couple of months that were not the most pleasant).

    And I know of at least once that this person drove back to the house, because of convincing a friend that somehow this person was a better choice for driving.

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  • From Dr. What@21:1/616 to Adept on Mon Jun 5 07:18:52 2023
    Adept wrote to Dr. What <=-

    What I always find odd about such situations, is that somehow these
    people manage to get behind the wheel of a car, and generally without stealing said car.

    Hopefully the police found it odd as well and investigated the person who actually owned the car that the poor driver used.

    And I know of at least once that this person drove back to the house, because of convincing a friend that somehow this person was a better choice for driving.

    It's like there's a support network for stupid out there.


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