Fatal accidents last year in Aviation ?

[Morgan3820]

If you are waiting at a stoplight you keep the bike in gear in case someone does something stupid. You always have a plan. Always room to move somewhere for a bike. You don't belong on one.

How is it that people in academia think that a PhD gives you insight to everything? Watching my daughter go through her undergraduate studies, I find that you academics are among the least functional/useful people in society that still get a paycheck. Get your own house in order before you tell others how to live.

 

[Huckster79]

If driving was regulated like flying, I think we can all agree there would be greater safety, but at what cost and social response.

- Require regular medical evaluations
- Driving Review every two years
- Not allowed to carry passengers at night unless you've logged at least three night trips in the last 90 days
- Vehicles inspected annually (not all states do)
- Random stops to check vehicle and documentation (Not currently permitted by constitution, yet ramp checks are a thing?)
- Simple violations result in suspensions, re-testing or revocations of license.
- Not allowed to operate a larger vehicle without a type rating and recurrent training
- Insurance companies required type specific experience, training, and checkouts. Buy a new car, have to get initial training.

The list could go on and on, kind of fun.

you have an interesting point on random traffic inspections and ramp checks… wonder why ones allowed and the other is not. I’d be more in the camp neither should for private vehicles (with wings or wheels) but I’m just curious now…

 

[bflynn]

It will deter them when they cannot get into HIMS because there aren't enough psychiatrists, they lose their license and then they get fined $27,500 per incident for driving without a license.

Did we talk about setting up temporary security areas where drivers will not be permitted to go? If violated, armed police will be dispatched to chase them down and escort them out of the area with appropriate fines applied. And no driving within so many miles of a stadium hosting a major sporting event, which might help the first part of this post.

 

[steingar]

How is it that people in academia think that a PhD gives you insight to everything? Watching my daughter go through her undergraduate studies, I find that you academics are among the least functional/useful people in society that still get a paycheck. Get your own house in order before you tell others how to live.

Not academia, riding motorcycles successfully for decades. Instead of finding fault with the speaker you might try finding fault with the spoken.