The problem with public transportation in the US is that black people will use it. That means the old white lady is going to fight paying for it and then take her own car anyway.

You're not wrong.

I saw a commercial where a blind veteran used those Meta spy glasses everybody hates to ask where the flag was so he could salute it.

So, "Hey Meta, where is the intruder?"

At least blind gun owners won't shoot based on skin colour.

Maybe someone should 'lose his keys' for him 😘

Aye , you might be saving his life and the life of like 5 other people on the road 🤷🏿‍♂️

Show him this article!

She reminds me of that one american politicians who murdered a person by driving her car into then in Europe, didnt notice it, and then left europe when charges were brought against her lol.

You're supposed to be tested when you renew your license, but the renewal period is anywhere from four to twenty-five years, with some places even longer. If you are not renewing your license they neeed an incident to reevaluate your ability to drive.

On the one hand it's good that they have less control over locing down the ability of people to move around, especially since we have almost no rail lines, horrible public transit, and roads that are dangerous to bike or walk on.

On the other.... You have to hurt someone, or damage something, in order to be told "Okay, grandpa, time to hang up the keys."

Yeah, I was looking to see what type of street-legal APV allowed her to run over a full adult skater without noticing, but I guess this one was just decent suspension and zero awareness left in her bones.

Even an 80 year old person who can't have food and drugs delivered still does not need to drive a 4000lbs SUV. There are much safer alternatives. We can quite reasonably just "ban them" from driving unnecessarily dangerous vehicles.

Since several years ago, Japan requires people of a certain age (75 IIRC) to take special classes to continue driving. I think there may be some other tests, but less sure on that. In the deep countryside, there isn't always another option at any reasonable cost (especially to pensioners), which can create problems

Are you in australia?

I've done a bit of long distance riding here.

Bush tracks are ok, but be very, very mindful of snakes. Bush bashing is generally a bad idea. You'll pick up ticks from foliage, and snakes can't feel your vibrations and you can't see them soooo...

Being on the road is generally ok, but a wing mirror is essential. You really need to be able to see traffic approaching behind you.

Cars can move around you but for road trains I just get off the road and stop on the shoulder. They're too wide to leave any room for you, and the "bow wave" of air pushes you away, but then the void behind them pulls you on to be road, ready to be collected by the traffic following.

Actually funny thing I realized is that when I tried to go the next city over from the city I live in the safest paths were the forests and park paths . EVen unofficial paths were a better option, as in forests paths that shouldnt have a path but so many homeless people and drifters there go along thst path so often that the path has now been beaten into the ground and now its just there permanently.

No way in hell would I walk , bike (motor bike even) , scooter, any form of transportation other than in a tank a disrance of 20KM or over. Especially if Im going the next city over.

The problem is two fold cause the drivers in north america are inherently bad and they think theyre better drivers than they are. BUT THEN ALSO the infrastucture in most of north america is car centric so when you go to a dangerous a crossing or a dangerous path ....that path was probably made for cars , large emergency vehicles, large constructiin vehicles or military vehicles.... that path was not made for cyclisrs or pedestrians. So youre rolling a loaded dice against your favour any time you go near paths like this without a tank of your own lol

If I wanted to travel such distances? Unless there is a 'no car policy' there and its blocked off ffrom all sides by authorities or Im travelling via a city bus or a train? Im not going. Sorry.

The thing about cars is that they are a lethal weapon INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. .

So obviously outside you have this mostly iron thing that weighs over a tonne or more and it can easily reach speeds of over 250 km/hr if the deranged driver wants it to...

But If someone alters their car so that you cant get outside once theyve locked you inside.... You better hope that theyve put you in the trunk cause thats the only place with the emergency opening. Also whst if theu alter the trunk to make it so that only they can open it?....

Also I was reading this one comment from a police shooting a couple yesrs ago aand it changed how I see the lethality of cars from the inside. And it basically said: "The main perpetrator was shot and killed by police but a person who was kidnapped inside the car were ALSO shot and killed by those police officers. But something that the news story conveniently omits about the officers' response is that the car was travelling at insane speeds for most of the chase ...So how could the kidnapped people inside the car escape if they couldnt jump out? They didnt deserve to also be shot as they had no route out of the car."

It's Kansas. If she can't drive she literally cannot leave her home..