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Re:College-educated workers are taking over the American fac... by jdnenej on Monday December 09, 2019 @05:09PM (#21747160)
It doesn't take a few weeks to learn to drive a car safely. In Australia it takes 3 years and 100 hours of driving with someone else to get a license.
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Re:College-educated workers are taking over the American fac... by hnick on Monday December 09, 2019 @07:00PM (#21748123)
And, based on what I see every day, a license still doesn't always mean "drive[s] a car safely".

FWIW in NSW it's 120 hours logged as a learner and nearly everyone I've asked admits to lying a bit. It was only 50 hours when I did it, and most lied back then - mostly due to just driving until they felt ready for a test without really logging, then adding it later.

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Re:College-educated workers are taking over the American fac... by jdnenej on Monday December 09, 2019 @08:22PM (#21748722)
I think the license acquisition process is mostly sufficient. What is think is missing is re testing after. There are 80 year Olds who can hardly see anymore who are still driving. As well disqualifying people from driving for offences like using a phone.
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