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- From: snail@lsl.co.uk
- Newsgroups: uk.transport
- Subject: Re: Assholes and Education
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.115512.2971@lsl.co.uk>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 11:55:12 GMT
- References: <1993Jan18.164724.13896@praxis.co.uk> <1993Jan19.171429@cs.bham.ac.uk>
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- In article <1993Jan19.171429@cs.bham.ac.uk>, roj@cs.bham.ac.uk (Robert O Jackson) writes:
- >
- > There is already a restriction applied to bad / inexperienced / young drivers.
- > Its called motor insurance. Insurance premiums take into account age/experience
- > of the driver, how many speeding tickets/accidents he/she has had in the last
- > year, how many insurance claimshave been made, the type of car, the region in
- > which it is being driven, and whether the driver has passed an advanced test.
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
- Hmmm, never seen that one on an insurance form. Anyone know of firms who do
- this? NOt that I dis-believe Robert, just never heard of it.
-
- > If these massive financial penalties are not enough then why would more education
- > help ?
-
- Because this education is *voluntary*, and as we know on the net, we aren't
- exactly typical of the population, and tend to value education higher than
- most people. If the education was mandatory to taking a driving test surely
- that would be better. Maybe even to the extent of having a doctor explain
- how much force is required to break a leg or arm, and showing X rays of
- mashed up leg and how it was done (accident photos, simulated footage etc).
- --
- snail@lsl.co.uk
-
- "Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless
- means to side with the powerful, not to be Neutral."
- Quote by Freire.
- Poster by OXFAM.
-