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Originally Posted by Phobia
No. I'm saying that people should know their limits. I can't rock climb so you're not going to see me scaling cliffs anytime soon. It would not be wise. I can't text and drive so I don't. I can hold a casual conversation and drive - as can many others. If you can then do. If you can't, it should be reasonably obvious quickly.
I just don't know how you legislate aptitude issues. If I tried to swim across the Lake of the Ozarks, I'm fairly sure there would be a water rescue about 400 yards into my swim. That rescue would cost somebody some money. But how do you legislate "Do not swim across the lake?" It's a dumb law because there are a lot of people who can and do swim across the lake safely.
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Sure, in a perfect world an honor system would be fine. But it's clear to me from what I see on a daily basis that many people either don't know their limits or are completely disregarding them. I honestly believe that most of them have no idea how badly they are driving because they are so preoccupied with their conversations.
As far as how to legislate it, well that's pretty simple, you ban it for everyone.