How can we stop dumb people from driving?

Psychometrician Linda Gottfredson wrote in 2004: “IQ was the best predictor of the major cause of death, motor vehicle accidents. Vehicular death rates doubled and then tripled at successively lower IQ ranges (100–115, 85–100, 80–85; O’Toole, 1990).”

Perhaps no drivers licenses for people with IQs under 100?

Chaim Amalek writes: “A dangerous slippery slope. What else would you deny us under-100 IQ folk? The right to keep and bear arms? The right to vote? The right to procreate? The right to immigrate? WHERE DOES IT END? What about the right to blog? Or to comment on someone else’s blog? The only way to stop them from driving in America is to hire cleverer foreigners to drive them around at taxpayer expense until such time as Google perfects driverless cars.”

About Luke Ford

I've written five books (see Amazon.com). My work has been covered in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and on 60 Minutes. I teach Alexander Technique in Beverly Hills (Alexander90210.com).
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