@ianturton @lproven @popey there are loads of people who drive super well, but have to think very hard when the sat nav says "turn left".

@falken @ianturton @popey

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I mean it. That seems like a remarkable and implausible claim to me, and I want to see evidence that it is true before I will entertain it.

@lproven @falken @ianturton @popey What's implausible is generalizing that people who can't instantly discern between left and right are unsafe drivers who should stop driving.

I have a hard time with left and right and sometimes hold my hand up to see which hand draws an uppercase "L". But am I making life-or-death decisions based on having "left" or "right" in my head and needing to turn immediately, else I'll hit a pedestrian or cyclist? No. But somehow you imply that I do. Why would you think that? That's just crazy.

As far as being a good driver, I bet I'd kick your ass in driving. I can drive in Manhattan at full speed. I've driven more than 800,000 in my car and have never been in an accident that was my fault. Yet somehow you're an authority and are to be taken at your word that my inability to immediately know left from right means I'm such a bad driver that I should stop driving?

How absolutely childish does that sound?

@AnachronistJohn @ianturton @popey @falken I stand by it. As a lifelong cyclist and motorcyclist, I know very well that many people driving cars around the world are incompetent and should not be allowed to do so. The idea that driving is some kind of basic human right is absurd. I want to see far more stringent tests of skill and judgement, and all your special pleading is convincing me is that you are unfit. You've presented no evidence, just whined.