@tomflood I completely agree. We need to require annual refresher training for all drivers, so we can remind them over and over again: except for limited access highways, public roads belong to pedestrians first, bicyclists second, horses and draft animals being led or ridden third, and motor vehicles last. That’s what “right of way” means. We also need to repeal all “jaywalking” laws, so that this applies everywhere.
@bhawthorne @tomflood@mstdn.social "annual refresher training" is another term for "punishing the innocent"; it's also ineffective for all cases of inattention. Some better ideas are to make it a question on every driving exam (condition of licensing)(still probably ineffective, but you're fixing ignorance without punishing the innocent) and increase enforcement/penalties ( condition of operation).
@lwriemen Education is not punishment. Refresher training is required of every professional whose actions might impact health and safety, and has dramatically reduced deaths. I got my driver’s license in 1980. Since then, there have been many changes in laws and technology: right on red, anti-lock brakes, traffic circles, etc. What other changes I have missed?
From what I see on the road: speed limits are optional, tailgating is mandatory & driving in the passing lane is encouraged.
@bhawthorne As a sufferer through mandated annual corporate training of things I can easily remember or don't need to know, I have to disagree.
@lwriemen The older I get, the more I appreciate refreshers. I have mandated refreshers through my employer, prior to retiring as a volunteer firefighter/EMT, I spent at least 40 hours a year on refreshers for those. I spend about 24 hours a year on continuing education for my forester license, and before letting it go, spent about 10 hours a year on continued ed for my pesticide license.
What I have experienced is that repetition really hammers in the importance of the topics.
@bhawthorne I can understand education refreshers you want, but mandates are a different matter.
