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   XPost: alt.fan.michael-moore   
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   "Nick Naim"  wrote in message   
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   > "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher"   
   >  wrote in message   
   > news:1e0d6b0b-996f-4007-a965-a90033ae4e56@fv14g2000vbb.googlegroups.com...   
   > On Jul 26, 11:05 am, "JoeSpareBedroom"    
   > wrote:   
   >> "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser   
   >> Philosopher" wrote in message   
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   >> news:e4dff9e4-28e3-414d-a823-3dbcd58a8eda@a12g2000vbf.googlegroups.com...   
   >>   
   >> > 5- Cut 30% of check to seniors who drive a car. That's a luxury.   
   >> > Promote bikes and trikes.   
   >>   
   >> Sorry, but that won't work unless driving tests are designed in ways   
   >> which   
   >> cleanse the roads of lousy drivers. This should be easy, since at least   
   >> 90%   
   >> of drivers have no business being behind the wheel. Until the tests are   
   >> fixed, it will never be wise or safe to ride a bicycle on public roads.   
   >   
   > I'm all for it. That "license to kill" is questionable, to say the   
   > least.   
   >   
   > The problem is nobody messes with the seniors because they tend to   
   > vote. I have to think of a solution. How about taking the right to   
   > vote away from them?   
   > Got it backwards.   
   > People under the age of 37 should not be allowed to vote.   
   >   
      
      
   We don't need to explicitly target seniors, other than insisting on   
   increased testing after a certain age, especially for peripheral vision   
   which is a KNOWN issue as we get older. Correctly designed driving tests   
   would eliminate dangerous drivers of ALL ages. I'm talking about tests which   
   are practically impossible for ANYONE to pass. Think of the most demanding   
   situations you've seen on the road. Driving tests never put people in those   
   situations, and that's just wrong.   
      
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