hot take: I don't necessarily want "safe" drivers, I want SMART drivers. I want OBSERVANT drivers. I want drivers who are aware of the road conditions, their car's limitations, and the cars/people around them. I want drivers who notice when someone is creeping towards the edge of the lane so gets out of their blind spot before they even signal they want to change lanes. I want drivers who can anticipate others' speed to zipper properly. "Safe" drivers are often dumb, hazardous drivers.

if you have a bad credit score, that suggests you're probably dumb & irresponsible. whereas "safe" driving behavior, as I explained above, isn't necessarily smart driving behavior. just because I'm speeding doesn't mean I'm driving dangerously. I actually slam on my brakes way less often than other drivers I know, because I'm OBSERVANT. I know how fast I can go, not based on a sign, but based on the road, other cars, my car's condition, my reaction time, etc.

my credit score is excellent, and my last accident was nearly 20 years ago, but my last speeding ticket was 2 months ago.

exactly, which just reinforces my point: "safe" driving is not the same as SMART driving. if we want to anticipate how likely someone is to do something dumb that causes an accident, we not only need to reevaluate safe vs smart driving, we need to follow other indicators of dumb behavior.

the most hilarious part of this whole thing is the assumption that I have a new car 😂 y'all, my car is 20 years old. the most advanced technology it has is a panel that tells me which direction I'm facing, my gas mileage and the temperature. it doesn't even have an auxiliary jack 😂

am I the only one that's impressed Hamas actually kept any of them alive, much less for this long while being constantly hunted and besieged by the IDF? cause it would have been so easy to just leave them to die or even execute them, especially if their goal was the eradication of Israel. to actually protect the hostages says they actually want to negotiate.

you misspelled xenophobic. I mean yeah, Japan is a generally polite and constrained society, but tourists are testing their patience because they don't like foreigners. it's like, they'll allow tourism and they'll take our money because they need it, but they'd rather not have to interact with us. they're like the French if the French bothered to hide their seething contempt for outsiders.

wdym "yet"? you think he picked pence for his high-profile celebrity status? of course he wants a VP who is a virtual unknown, a warm body to fill the seat, do his every bidding and pose no threat as a preferred successor.

also I like Seth Meyers' joke about his name sounding like a swear substitute. "Doug Burgum, I just stepped in dog crap!"