• Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.worldEnglish
    292·
    4 months ago

    As a fellow car person I endorse this idea fully. It would also be great to increase the knowledge and skill levels required for a license.

    Also, make every car manual so people can’t use their phones while driving.

    Edit: What if we turned old mall parking lots into racetracks?

    • skizzlesEnglish
      17·
      4 months ago

      I agree with this too, except that last bit. Making a car manual has a near zero affect on people’s use of phones when driving.

      I say this as someone that used to use T9 to text when driving a manual car. Mind you that was 20 ish years ago when I was a stupid teenager, but there really was no difference between manual/automatic and using my phone when driving other than the added step of shifting.

      • Ibuthyr@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        12·
        4 months ago

        To be fair, texting via t9 on physical buttons was way safer than fumbling around on a touch screen. I dit it blindly all the time.

      • Excrubulent@slrpnk.netEnglish
        3·
        4 months ago

        Fellow former T9 texter here. I had one or two near misses as a teenager and cut that shit right out.

    • Kecessa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      61·
      4 months ago

      Also, make every car manual so people can’t use their phones while driving.

      Can confirm that back when it was still legal, I was using my phone while driving a manual car