On Fri, 13 May 2005 15:52:51 -0700, John David Galt
The risk of people killing someone else with a power tool accidentally (i.e. because of lack of skill) is nearly zero. The risk of the same think happening with a car is rather high.
Not many 12 year olds play San Andreas in traffic because they know they will be toast when caught. If you let everyone drive the risk of bane injury in traffic will drastically increase.
We are not talking about intentional actions, which are comparatively rare, but about unintentional actions (i.e. lack of driving skills). The licensing system is not there to prevent intentional actions, it can't, but it can and does reduce the large risk of totally untrained drivers in traffic killing others.
You really want everyone and his brother drive around drunk or with total lack of skill? and only be arrested when they manage to kill someone? There are going to be a lot of traffic rests before even the few bad offenders are out.
People like you intentionally try to mix up intentional actions (punished when caught) with actions caused by lack of skill and responsibility, many of which can be prevented by licensing and proper licensing enforcement.
Chris
