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Originally Posted by herr_oberst
Can you imagine any other scenario where there is an incompetent operator - and innocent people could die from that incompetence - being given a "safer" more expensive tool rather than having that operator either prove that he or she has been trained properly or taken off that job?
Crane operator? Ferry captain? Carney at the midway? Dynamite loader?
This rant isn't directed at the OPoster, it's a societal issue. We have got to stop rewarding bad behavior.
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Yep, I have long said we should but some drivers in a plastic bubble on the front bumper, with spikes pointing at them from every angle. Then maybe they will drive more carefully.
One of my former bosses was someone no one wanted to park behind. He just went blind if he was backing up. He totaled a few cars, and often it was the other guy's car that was totaled.
I have had my 86 El Camino for 30 years, and my 911 for 27 years. There is not one single scratch, or door ding on either. They do have rock chips of course. I work hard to keep them in great shape. The El Camino has been backing into in a parking lot when I was not in it. It was parked in a good spot, and 100% legally parked. Some people must try to hit other cars. The massive 1980s bumpers on the Elky have saved it a lot of body damage from other idiots in parking lots.