I am not sure where you are. But here in the USA, I do believe we have arrived at the point where our government is complete failure.
One of these failures is traffic control. They tell us we need to have a "licence" so that it proves we know how to drive properly and safely. But if you go to you tube or any other such place on the internet, you will find hundreds of videos of idiot drivers. Some are here in the USA, others are in the UK, some down under in Aussie land.. still others are in just about every country on the planet.
In 2015, I finally bought my first "dash cam". Now I have them front and back in my car. This is the 3rd week of August, 2020 and so far this year alone I have had about 14 people nearly wreck my car because of their poor driving skills. So I guess having that licence doesn't mean much.
Of those 14 attempts, 9 were people either merging on to the expressway, or exiting it. I have seen people exit the highway from the far left lane, crossing 4 lanes of traffic and just barely getting on the off ramp.
I have had way too many of these idiot drivers coming on to the expressway that do not look to their left, and just merge into the right most lane, forcing me to slam the brakes, or move over to the left lane, which most of the time is already occupied, thus causing another driver to go off the road.
This is why I now run "crash cams" in my car. Apparently a licence does not mean the person knows how to drive. Its just a way for government to charge us outrageous car tag and registration fees every year after we already paid high sales tax when we buy the vehicle, and even higher fuel taxes every time we fill up. That money is clearly not being used to maintain and fix the roads. Nor is it being used for traffic control.
I rarely see traffic patrols out on the roads anymore. Those idiot drivers are making our roads as safe as something you expect to see in a 3rd world country.
My friend Mark who also runs cams front and back now drives the cheapest wrecks he can get his hands on.. he puts a bumper sticker on them that say "this car cost 300 bucks, go ahead and hit me".. Idiots have wrecked 4 of them in the last 2 years. 2 at these newly built but poorly designed roundabouts that the USA traffic department is falling in love with, that no one knows how to use properly.
I got a shock last week. My Sister bought a used 2021 car. A Kia.. cost over 24,000 dollars. For a car. You gotta be kidding me.. 24k for a new car thats slightly bigger than a VW bug?! OWCH!
Well, at least she wasn't stupid and got an electric car.
I just ordered her first crash cam for it. She doesn't know shes getting it.
And with Michigans useless No fault insurance, she's paying a lot more to have a new car with that full coverage insurance and high licence plate fees. Then the car Manufacturers wonder why they can't sell the newer vehicles. They cost too much, are high priced junk, cost too much to repair, and we have a lot of idiot drivers out there to help the value of your car, plummet faster than Bill Clintons pants.
