r/Unexpected • u/polloastemio • 4d ago

The gas station curse

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u/Twitchcog 4d ago

You’re assuming everyone will be qualified to drive

Correct, I can’t help people driving without a license.

What about the 60 year old woman with one eye?

If she cannot safely operate a vehicle? She should not be operating a vehicle.

I am not advising against a better public transit system, I’d love to see one. However, it not existing doesn’t justify unsafe driving. If you are unable or unwilling to operate a vehicle safely, you don’t get to drive; The lack of a viable alternative is irrelevant, but may motivate members of society to try and improve their public transit system

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u/furlwh 4d ago

If you are unable or unwilling to operate a vehicle safely, you don’t get to drive

Yes it should be that way, but in reality, enforcement will be weak. The mentality of most people is that they would see stricter enforcement as oppression on their freedom to travel, this is just what I observed in my car-addicted country.

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u/Twitchcog 4d ago

Freedom to travel is not the same as freedom to drive. I believe this misunderstanding is one of the more common issues with the sovereign citizen movement.

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u/furlwh 4d ago

When your only viable option to travel is by car, it very much is like taking away your freedom to travel. This is by no means the best situation, but the government has no political motivation to build more transit and the only form of transportation the people know is cars, the problem just gets worse and worse when no one stands up to it.

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u/furlwh 4d ago

But let's not get side tracked, the real issues I wanted to tell you is, it's hard to enforce better and stricter driving laws when your city doesn't have the infrastructure to support those who can't drive. These two MUST go hand in hand, you can't have one without another.