Monday, 27 October 2008

“Based on voting records, people would rather drive than vote”

An interesting piece from the New York Times on the growing problem of handling older drivers who shouldn’t be behind the wheel. It’s quite striking how people, in the U.S. at least, take driving to be some kind of inalienable right â€" rather than possessing the ability to operate heavy machinery in a safe manner. “How am I going to tell a guy who fought for this country and has two Purple Hearts that I am going to take away his license and take away his freedom?” one police chief asked at the

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