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		Towaway69 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Waymos crash less than human drivers You can banned for a longish time and then have to do an "idiot" test (as they call it) to get your license back. In addition you have to supply hair samples so that you prove you've not been taking any further substance (in recent history). Generally you have to do a lot to get banned for life - remember Germany is run by car lobbies, they are not interested in banning people from driving,

ChrisMarshallNY 11 months ago [–]

Thanks! That makes more sense, to me.

> you have to supply hair samples

That seems like an idea that could be useful, over here, but we have a pretty strong sin lobby, so it's unlikely to happen.

Towaway69 11 months ago | [–]

> pretty strong sin lobby

Sin is ok here, that's why our policitians have little or no hair ;)

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