Road design is an easy thing to blame and it's an easy thing to fix but it's also kind of a red herring. Because road design affects everyone so if accident distribution is not equal among all human drivers then road design disproportionately affects people who are bad at driving. This kind of indicates that skill is an important metric. That's not saying better design can't help people but skill is definitely a primary factor.
All of the driver aids that we have in modern cars lane sensors lane keeping, traction control, any lock brakes, and we can continue on with the plethora of driver aids. These are all great and useful tools but they are are being used as a substitute for improving driver skill. When what they should be doing is acting as an aid for driver skill and not a substitution.
Being able to drive a forklift and other heavy machinery on a closed environment work site requires a more training and more recertification than it does to get a driver's license in the United States. That to me is absolutely shocking. Because you have a closed course environment that has closed course regulations in place so there is less opportunity for randomness to occur. On the road nothing is closed about it you have complete randomness that you cannot factor in. So why do we not regularly require people to get retested and understand the rules of the road? I'm not saying tests are the best measure but when you see people who have been driving for two decades and they can no longer pass the written test for getting a driver's license, which is an exceedingly easy test, they should have their license revoked and be required to take driver education. When I say driver education I don't mean the fluff nonsense that we give today. It is fine as an introductory course to teach people the basics of driving. What we really need is an ongoing continual education for drivers to maintain their driver's license. Maybe that means we need a more robust public transportation system as well because there are definitely a lot of people who should not be having a driver's license. They simply do not have the cognitive wherewithal to be able to properly drive.
I suspect if you begin to look at the statistics accidents are caused by the same group of people repeatedly and those skew the numbers for everyone else.
Racist? Honestly, I think it's racist of you to suggest that any one race is worse at driving than another. If you said it was sexist on the other hand...
This is just a joke about stereotypes btw. As for my actual opinion, I believe that pretty much every adult American needs to drive (unless they live in a big city), so trying to DQ anyone is effectively denying them the right to live independently. Rather, driving must be made easier with better technology and hopefully AVs.
All of the driver aids that we have in modern cars lane sensors lane keeping, traction control, any lock brakes, and we can continue on with the plethora of driver aids. These are all great and useful tools but they are are being used as a substitute for improving driver skill. When what they should be doing is acting as an aid for driver skill and not a substitution.
Being able to drive a forklift and other heavy machinery on a closed environment work site requires a more training and more recertification than it does to get a driver's license in the United States. That to me is absolutely shocking. Because you have a closed course environment that has closed course regulations in place so there is less opportunity for randomness to occur. On the road nothing is closed about it you have complete randomness that you cannot factor in. So why do we not regularly require people to get retested and understand the rules of the road? I'm not saying tests are the best measure but when you see people who have been driving for two decades and they can no longer pass the written test for getting a driver's license, which is an exceedingly easy test, they should have their license revoked and be required to take driver education. When I say driver education I don't mean the fluff nonsense that we give today. It is fine as an introductory course to teach people the basics of driving. What we really need is an ongoing continual education for drivers to maintain their driver's license. Maybe that means we need a more robust public transportation system as well because there are definitely a lot of people who should not be having a driver's license. They simply do not have the cognitive wherewithal to be able to properly drive.
I suspect if you begin to look at the statistics accidents are caused by the same group of people repeatedly and those skew the numbers for everyone else.