On Sat, 8 Jan 2005, at around 21:27:16 local time, Kurtis
<kurtisj123@cox.net> wrote:
>Perhaps our roads would be safer if we just did away with all safety
>devices (seatbelts, helmets, airbags, big ugly bumpers, etc.), and
>simply started requiring IQ tests as part of the driver licensing
>procedure. :)
Dear Kurtis,
It is not intelligence, but simple common sense, that is needed. In my
experience, the higher the IQ, the lower the CQ (Common-sense Quotient).
I don't know whether anyone has ever done any studies on this, but I
would imagine that the safest driver on the road probably has a 100 IQ,
and that those with IQs at the extreme ends of the scale (50- or 150+)
are probably equally unsafe. I don't do a hell of a lot of miles but I
average a prang that is my own stupid fault about once every five years
- and I have a 156 IQ. Any rational testing system would have taken me
off the road years ago! Let's be honest, if I had any sense, would I
be driving forty-year-old cars?
My suggestion for improving road safety? Make it the law that no
safety devices are to be fitted to any cars, no speed limits are to be
applied to any roads, but that all cars are required to deliver a fatal
electric charge to the driver when he or she hits anything. That'd do
it.
ATB
--
Mike
Ellie - 1963 White Herald 1200 Convertible GA125624 CV
Connie - 1968 Conifer Herald 1200 Saloon GA237511 DL
Carly - 1977 Inca Yellow Spitfire 1500 FH105671
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