I have this brilliant (or so I think) idea to solve the problem of stupid drivers. We think everyone else is a stupid driver and we are not...but I have news for you...we are ALL stupid drivers. It goes back to my theory that people are, in general, stupid. When these people get behind the wheel of a car, the stupid-factor goes up by about 10x.
So, what is this brilliant solution? Well, first of all, it's not a simple, inexpensive fix. It's probably not even practical. It is just a figment of my imagination, but if it could be implemented, it would be awesome. Bear with me as I explain this thing. Here goes...
In the simplest terms, think laser tag for cars. Every vehicle would be equipped with sensors and an emitter. When you encounter someone driving stupid, you can "shoot" them with your "laser." If a driver is "shot" more than a certain number of times there can be one of several consequences. For example let's say that diver A is "tagged" or "shot" 10 times in a 12 hour period...their vehicle may become disabled for a pre-determined amount of time...say 24 hours or so...once they've come to a stop and idled for more than 15 minutes and/or turned their ignition off. Or perhaps if they are tagged more than 5 times in the span of a few seconds or minutes their vehicle is immediately limited to a top speed of 35 MPH and their hazard lights turned on.
To prevent abuse, one could only tag the same vehicle once in a given period of time...say every 15 minutes or half-hour. So you couldn't just shoot someone 10 times in a row to disable them out of spite or something. Also, each driver would be allowed a limited number of shots per day so you wouldn't just drive around tagging everyone you see.
Each shot would be registered with some central database including who was tagged and who did the tagging, and excessive, inappropriate tagging would be punishable somehow.
That's it in a nutshell. I'm sure there are refinements needed and more thought put behind it than I've given it. Like I said...it's completely impractical right now, but maybe some day.
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