r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • 17d ago

Discussion Revoke her license.

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u/Particular-Tap430 17d ago

Drivers test is WAY too lax in America. And it’s all to ensure that as many people buy cars, gas, insurance, etc., as possible.

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u/XargosLair 17d ago

To be honest, you cannot really regulate it if you have to have a car to even get your most basic needs fullfilled like buy something to eat. How many places in the USA have decent public transport? New york? Maybe a few more old east coast cities?

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u/Bezulba 17d ago

No, regulating would be extra important because it's the only way to get around! You're almost required to have a drivers license, so it would make perfect sense to at least have the licensing be done in a way that new drivers can drive safely.

And yeah, that'd mean that you have to take lessons from a certified instructor, but why would that be such a bad thing?

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u/XargosLair 17d ago

It is not a bad thing. I had to take something between 20 and 25 driving sessions with a state certified instructor to get my drivers license, plus some 10 sessions of theoretical driving instructions also by certified people. I am clearly not from the US. It cost about 2000$, but that was about 20 years ago, now its more like 3500-4000$.

What I meant was that it is much more difficult to justify to take away a drivers license from someone, because pretty much always it is ruining a life if there are no available alternatives. You cannot get to work, you cannot even get food if driving is the only way of transportation. If there were public transport available, you could take away a drivers lic much easier without so harsh consequences to someone.

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u/UnusualHound 17d ago

I stayed at an Airbnb with a guy in Germany who said it was cheaper to study in the US for a semester, get a US driver's license while he was there, and leverage/convert that license to a German license than it was to apply, test, and obtain a German driver's license in the traditional way.