shakran

Will called it. Unfortunately the driver licensing system in this country is broken. Badly. I've been driving for decades. I've had a driving test once, when I was 16. Even when I move to a different state, with different rules, they don't test me on ANYTHING except my vision. As long as I can rattle off 7 letters to them, I get my license, no questions asked. Lobbying groups like the AARP have made sure this system stays in effect for seniors as well. No reflex tests, no checks to make sure they can still drive safely, nothing. Unless they're completely blind, they can get their license.

However, woe to the politician who first suggests changing the laws so that people actually have to know how to drive in order to be allowed to drive. His career will sink faster than the Titanic. So that system isnt' gonna change. Ever.


Because of this, we have to have another way of getting dangerous drivers off the streets. That's why I fully support this sentence. If we didn't toss the old guy in jail, he'd legally be able to be back behind the wheel tomorrow. Sure, it'd be nice if we could just take his drivers license away forever, but that won't happen unless he gets well over 20 DUI's. So we have to throw him in jail.


Another argument in favor of throwing him in jail - - what if the age of the guy was 25? or 40? He just killed 10 people and injured 70 because he crashed through a farmers market. Clearly he did not know how to control his vehicle before he got in it and moved it. Would there be such outrage on here if the guy were not an old man?