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There is an entire state regulatory apparatus that has been set up and in use for 100 years for this very purpose. God forbid the first expectation is that this regulatory apparatus is actually used. [/quote]

If I'm understanding your tone correctly, I wouldn't say you're wrong, but I also live in reality. Telling a bunch of elderly drivers you're gonna take away their drivers licenses is a sure-fail electoral strategy. Yes, people should be regularly tested at a certain age, but American Car Culture (TM) will just tolerate more dead bodies piling up so more people can drive with as few restrictions as possible.[/quote]
It’s an interesting juxtaposition from the aggressive request for the city to respond to and sanction drivers with lots of outstanding, unpaid tickets. As far as I understand this your prevailing attitude.

- The city should make it an enforcement priority to get young, Black drivers off the road who wrack up thousands of dollars in tickets.

- The city is helpless to do anything about elderly white drivers who are not capable of operating a vehicle safely.

Seems like the obvious failure in both cases is a failure of DC DMV to properly regulate licensing, which is their job. The city maintaining a functional administrative state governing licensing would be the obvious remedy. [/quote]

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