Why California’s dangerous drivers get to keep their licenses
calmatters.org
The California DMV routinely allows deadly drivers to operate on our roadways, a CalMatters investigation has found.

The California DMV routinely allows dangerous drivers with horrifying histories to continue to operate on our roadways. Too often they go on to kill. Many keep driving even after they kill. Some go on to kill again.

  • socphoenix@midwest.social
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    5 days ago

    The court records and driving histories reveal a state so concerned with people having access to motor vehicles for work and life that it allows deadly drivers to share our roads despite the cost. Officials may call driving a privilege, but they treat it as a right — often failing to take drivers’ licenses even after they kill someone on the road.

    With little to no mass transit in most of the country these people would often become impoverished and or essentially wards of the state so this is not surprising.

    We found nearly 40% of the drivers charged with vehicular manslaughter since 2019 have a valid license.

    I honestly figured this would be higher. I don’t expect anything to change as long as this country is intensely car focused for transportation though.