• gustofwind@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    You can’t take people’s cars away or they will have no way to make money and live in America

    Just the truth sorry

    • ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml
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      15 days ago

      And speed is highly correlated to the lethality of car wrecks. Also, it sounds like the devices would be installed in the cars of people who… speed frequently.

      So, it is directly addressing the problem without asset seizure or jail time. Sounds like an ideal solution, actually.

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        15 days ago

        Revoking drivers licenses would probably be more appropriate than seizing vehicles. The upside to that is revoking licenses, I’d wager, is a whole lot cheaper than installing and monitoring speed trackers.

        So long as the person with the speeding problem is paying for that I guess it’s acceptable. But then we have yet another example of people without much money getting a raw deal. Means testing? Everything gets complicated when it gets to the implementation details.

        • Jesus_666@lemmy.world
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          15 days ago

          Both options are potentially bad for low-income earners. If you force them to pay for a speed limiter they lost the money for that, which they might not able to afford. If you take away their license they will have difficulty getting around and might lose their job.

          So from that perspective the speed limiter might be the less dangerous choice.

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      15 days ago

      Could always live in a city. Rural areas (I include american type suburbs here too) are for fat and dumb people.

      • Alabaster_Mango@lemmy.ca
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        15 days ago

        All cities have fantastic public transit at all times, this is known. /s

        Also what’s with the rural hate outta nowhere?