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[...] It is clear that a significant minority of British drivers put their time and their 'needs' above the safety of other road users and pedestrians. In a few decades, the driverless car will be perfected and the driven car must be made obsolete, preferably by law.
Until then the Government and the insurance industry should take radical steps to help residents of rural and urban communities reclaim their neighbourhoods from the lorries, the lunatics - and those Great British Motorists who like toddlers think they can do what they like, and explode with rage and indignation when questioned about it.
Black boxes compulsory in every vehicle, with improved technology that detects speed limit breaking and careless or aggressive driving.
Insurance companies encouraged to hike premiums immediately and punitively as bad driving is revealed.
Insurance companies obliged to hand over to DVLA and / or police all data that reveals traffic offences and dangerous driving.
Legal framework to allow prosecution and driving bans relating to offences revealed by black boxes.
Legal changes to encourage use of dashcam / helmet-cam / CCTV evidence to prosecute motorists.
Comprehensive review of 30mph speed limits, with local consultations on which should be lowered to 20mph.
Limit revs to 3,000rpm on all vehicles - as condition of passing MOT - to cut noise and dangerous acceleration.
Funding for technology that will limit all vehicles automatically to the local speed limit (and in the case of national speed limits, a safe speed for the road conditions); and will prevent heavy goods vehicles from using inappropriate rural and urban roads.
Source: This is Money
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @08:58PM
When Socialism has reached its ultimate condition (no more poverty; everyone's needs are filled because there is no hogging of resources by an Overlord class), government is then no longer necessary.
Marx called that condition "Communism".
Some Authoritarian regimes have hijacked the words "socialist" and "communist" and used those terms to name themselves dishonestly.
Only ignorant, uneducated people repeat the propaganda without using quote marks around the terms or some other indication of the irony.
Here's where we typically refer to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
-- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @10:38PM
I don't find your views intersting and I want to use your newsletter to line the cage of my canary. That reminds me, I need to get a canary.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 22 2016, @12:47AM
Beyond being my views, they are facts.
They can be found in academic works (AKA books).
You might try to read one of those someday.
It appears you are trying to provoke me.
Why would your willingness to remain ignorant and to show the world that you are ignorant bother me?
Fox News Watchers are such a hoot.
-- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 22 2016, @05:54AM
I always, always see the argument, "That country is socialist because its in the name/because they say so!" but I've never seen it used to claim that, for example, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is a perfect example of democracy. Gee, I wonder if it could be because they know their "argument" is fallicious and that countries aren't socialist just because they say they are? Could it be that words have actual definitions, and there is absolutely nothing defined as "Anyone or anything that calls itself this"?