EPTNorwegian Politician wants to restrict driving rights of Y…
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meegrean
Thailand7699 Posts
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Skrammen
Norway195 Posts
But there are a lot of problems regarding the other measures they want to take, and I dont see them implementing them as they are now. I'd venture a guess that somthing like half of Norway's population live outside of the cities, were public transit is practically non-existant. Trains are expensive, because most people dont use it, and most people dont use trains because they are expensive. And if you do live on the countryside, you kinda need to get home after whatever you've been doing. I live in a small community, and if I want to get home after a night of drinking, I need to get a lift from a buddy to get home. My parents have been kind enough to give me a lift more than once, but they cant always be there. And before they want to restrict things like this, they need to improve things like busses and trains on the countryside, which would probably be massivly expensive. Norway is quite big compared to how few live here, and there are so many villages hidden in some forest or whatever. Another thing to consider is that during winter time, there is like 2 hours of sunlight in the northern parts of norway. And lastly, as a young driver, you need lots of experience to be a good driver. I dont for a second believe that when your judgement center is fully evolved that you will be as good a driver as someone who has driven since they were 18. The roads of Norway for the most part are poor and narrow and lots of turns, crests and the likes, not to mention the ice. The driving education can be improved, sure, but I dont think the element of experience can at all be restricted nor avoided. | ||
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Teoman
Norway382 Posts
On November 16 2011 18:56 Excludos wrote: Can we at least try not to be discriminating? Use statistics all you want, but don't add in "women only use their cars as a means to get to A to B, while men try to maintain their skills". The only non-discriminating thing in that post is that men generally drive more than women, which is a fact. I only meant my own experience, Never meant to be discriminating  | ||
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NKsc2
Sweden133 Posts
On November 16 2011 21:28 theBALLS wrote: Norwegia why so lame? No point discussing, this ain't gonna work  "Norwegia" lol. Norway* | ||
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pzu
Sweden287 Posts
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jdseemoreglass
United States3773 Posts
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xCenasfu
Finland143 Posts
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HerroPreaseTN
Norway71 Posts
On November 17 2011 01:15 jdseemoreglass wrote: I can't believe people are actually saying that mandatory breathalyzers on all cars sounds like a good idea. I'm just honestly at a loss for what to type here. We've come a long way from the Magna Carta. Elaborating why it would be such a bad idea, would be a nice start. Frankly, the only downside I see is that I can't wash my teeth with Listerine in the morning. And I never do that  | ||
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jdseemoreglass
United States3773 Posts
On November 17 2011 01:27 HerroPreaseTN wrote: Elaborating why it would be such a bad idea, would be a nice start. Frankly, the only downside I see is that I can't wash my teeth with Listerine in the morning. And I never do that My mistake. More state control over the citizens' daily lives is probably always for the best. The ministry of transportation must ensure safer driving for us somehow. They should also install cameras into the vehicles to make sure that people aren't doing anything else dangerous, like texting, putting on make-up, eating. Or perhaps a mechanism to restrain the drivers hands to the wheel to prevent unsafe driving practices, that would be doubleplusgood. Of course, ideally there would be no privately owned vehicles, the ministry of transportation should eventually outlaw them. Mandatory public transportation for all citizens would be even safer, and the increased walking distances would be better for public health too! We are making progress, comrade. User was temp banned for this post. | ||
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Moragon
United States355 Posts
On November 17 2011 01:33 jdseemoreglass wrote: My mistake. More state control over the citizens' daily lives is probably always for the best. The ministry of transportation must ensure safer driving for us somehow. They should also install cameras into the vehicles to make sure that people aren't doing anything else dangerous, like texting, putting on make-up, eating. Or perhaps a mechanism to restrain the drivers hands to the wheel to prevent unsafe driving practices, that would be doubleplusgood. Of course, ideally there would be no privately owned vehicles, the ministry of transportation should eventually outlaw them. Mandatory public transportation for all citizens would be even safer, and the increased walking distances would be better for public health too! We are making progress, comrade. Sign me up! | ||
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jdseemoreglass
United States3773 Posts
You don't have to sign up for anything. All you have to do is not protest when they take another liberty away. Look on the bright side of things. "I don't even use listerine! No loss there." | ||
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dementrio
678 Posts
On November 17 2011 01:47 jdseemoreglass wrote: You don't have to sign up for anything. All you have to do is not protest when they take another liberty away. Look on the bright side of things. "I don't even use listerine! No loss there." Did you protest when they made safety belts mandatory? That's where it all started going downhill. Car insurance? speed radars? A gigantic loss of freedom! Today they enforce drunk driving laws, tomorrow.... tomorrow... there will be, uh, less drivers around. I guess, uh, that's completely unacceptable. Because after all, if one chooses to drive while drunk, it should be his right to do so. | ||
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Too_MuchZerg
Finland2818 Posts
Biatch! Good thing is that you can always refuse drunk drivers at evenings/night referring to law. Use it to get girls to invite to your place. But really does police have that much manpower to obey this law? Stopping almost every car at dark and check their age. If this is passed I guess that party who supported this law would lose a lot of votes from younger audience. | ||
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PassiveAce
United States18076 Posts
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ThaZenith
Canada3116 Posts
On November 15 2011 18:24 Elegy wrote: hell I'd be down with alcohol locks (breathalyzer I'm assuming) on all cars as standard features, but yeah this is pretty ridiculous and over the top. crazy people are crazy people and politicians are no exception! First post, and a great one. The only problem I'd ever have with that is regarding car-sharing, and how that'd work. Everything else sounds ridiculous. It's fairly "wtf" to think me and my brother couldn't drive home on holidays with that, because neither of us could drive the other. That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. And no driving after dark? I already avoid that as much as possible, but sometimes it's necessary. >.> | ||
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pesshaulol
Norway53 Posts
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storm8ring3r
Germany227 Posts
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zeizei
Finland36 Posts
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fleeze
Germany895 Posts
it doesn't matter if they are male or female, there are just too many drivers on both sides that don't know how to drive properly because they are afraid to drive in the dark or are just not comfortable while driving, yet they still do it... same criteria is true for drunk drivers. but then we could sell less cars to dumb people and it would hinder their "freedom". and unfortunately it's the majority of the people so it will never happen. | ||
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[UoN]Sentinel
United States11320 Posts
Politicians these days are retarded and should focus more on solving real issues than this make-work bullshit. | ||
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