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[–] Thrus2 ago 

Stop treating people controlling 3000 lbs of metal and plastic at people as a minor event when they hit someone. The results are no different then attacking someone with a weapon. Start prosecuting people for assault with a deadly weapon or murder stop letting it go as a reckless driving ticket or dismissing it as road rage. When they decide to go after you with a car it is an attack with them using the car as a weapon, and it is very easy to look at statistics and say that a car used against a person is deadly.

This is not the fault of the car, this is not the fault of the phone. This is the fault of the DRIVER! They choose what actions they take while controlling the car, they are responsible for those choices. If they claim the vehicle got out of their control, revoke their license and force them to start the process of taking driving tests and proving they can control the car again from the start because they just admitted that they don't know how to control the car. if the want to operate a device that kills thousands of people a year without a license, well if only there was a parallel to some other device that they track kill statistics on and have punishments for using or even owning without a license.

That brings the question of why are you allowed to own a car if you are not allowed to drive it? That right there would be a great way to cut down on unlicensed drivers don't let them register the car in their name without a license. But I need a car to take the driving tests! 2 solutions One alter the tests so the cars are provided by the testing company. Two if you can't find someone you know willing to trust you to use their car for a test doesn't that right there say something about if you should be trusted to have and operate your own car?