Tuvalu Princesses wrote:You also won't convince me that voluntary self-training would stay up at the current level, if it wasn't required for licensing. Since that's where the goalposts seem to be now: it's the training and study required to get a license which does some good. And yet licensing isn't necessary ...
Haven't said those things, either, have I?
In fact, I seem to recall specifically suggesting that drivers who undergo driving training were better drivers before they did the training...
Hey, another thing. If nobody had a license, what would you do about people caught driving after being at fault in several accidents? "Oh, you left your ID at home, that happens. Sorry to bother you sir or madam!"
It's like you have haven't read my posts at all:
Forsher wrote:What licence regimes are good at is making sure you know everyone has sufficient capacity to do the task.
It's funny that finding reasons why licences exist other than their potential efficacy at reducing crashes isn't causing you to think "hey, maybe these are reasons to have licences".