Quite so AC. It would be an advance indeed if there was to be a five yearly compulsory test to establish if drivers could safely maintain an average 85mph in heavy traffic while smoking, concurrently eating a sandwich ( preferably one with an unstable filling ) , making a phone call, drinking a coffee and simultaneously writing something detailed relating to the phone call left handed on a pad on the passenger seat. The final part of the exam would involve parallel parking in no more than three moves, one handed while finishing the sandwich. Points would be deducted for mayonaisse stains or cigarette burns on shirts or car upholstery. Anyone who failed would have their licence revoked until they had successfully passed a re-test.
In that event there would be no further excuse or need for speed limits as only reasonably competent drivers would be permitted to use the roads and traffic densities would by default reduce.
There.
Last edited by: Humph D'bout on Fri 30 Apr 10 at 13:31
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