To me, driver's licenses are like IT certifications. They do not prove anything other than you can take a test.
As for insurance, having a license does not necessarily mean you are going to run out and buy insurance, Sure, we would like to think that all drivers are responsible like ourselves, but the fact of the matter is, they are not. My issue with giving illegal immigrants a driver's license is that it, in my opinion, legitimizes their crime. On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > No, I don't think it does at all. Because by your analysis, it doesn't > do any good to have drivers licenses or insurance for anyone because > some people who have licenses don't drive well and some who have > licenses don't have insurance. But I think that it is quite obvious > that having a drivers license increases the odds that you 1) know how > to drive and 2) have insurance even if the insurance is for the period > of time when you get your license. > > On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I think we have all experienced a lot of people with driver's licenses >> who, arguably, do not know how to drive. I also have experienced my >> fair share of licensed drivers who have not had insurance. So, it kind >> of shoots that theory in the ass, now, doesn't it? >> >> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 1:41 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Oregon has always been a state that wanted to issue drivers licenses >>> to illegal immigrants under the theory that there are going to be >>> illegal immigrants here and it is much better to make sure they know >>> how to drive and have insurance than not know how to drive and not >>> have insurance and be driving anyway. That always seemed like a rather >>> practical view to take. >>> >>> Judah >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 10:35 AM, Scott Stewart >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Just out of curiosity (and I'm not trying to be a smartass) was pre or >>>> post 9/11, because I think the Virginia licensing laws changed after >>>> 9/11 >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:316960 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
