Mainly thinking about this because of some of the comments in this post here, but I do think while what we currently have right now is way too much regulation.
Some examples of 'good regulation' in my opinion would be the existence of drivers' licenses, 'right to repair' laws, the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act and building codes.
While some notable 'bad regulation' is anything to do with 2A restrictions and the modern health care industry.
Overall, I'm just trying to gauge what is good vs bad regulation.
Drivers' licenses don't keep bad drivers off the road. And they don't keep unlicensed drivers off the road.
You're right, but this is likely of those cases where it seems like they do nothing because we're used to a status quo where they're working.
Yeah, there are plenty of bad and unlicensed drivers on the road. Now imagine that everyone of age (is there still an age limit?) was just thrown the keys w/o any instruction as to things like "right of way." Shit would probably look like India. Bad drivers exist, but they're not all bad drivers.
in theory, they do create a ticket to ride where the funds go to maintenance of said roads.
In practice it's just another tax that gets dumped into the black hole that is government budget.
I think that's usually paid for by vehicle registration, not driver's licenses. You could consider that a subscription to the road system rather than licensure regulation, assuming you got rid of smog and that other shit.
That and fuel taxes.
And they keep tacking on the arbitrary hurdles for young drivers to actually get them.
Then handing them out to illegals as fast as they can print them out
Only because I'm not in charge of handing them out and summarily executing anyone and everyone who drives without said license.
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...mostly.
Does something have to prevent an evil outright to be a good thing? Or is it a good thing when the good outweighs the bad, perhaps by a lot?
What if driver's licenses keep the worst drivers off the road, or at least many of them, or allow for an appropriate punishment when they do cause mayhem?
Just make 'causing mayhem' illegal and punish it appropriately then.
Driver's licenses keep the worst drivers off the road in the same way that gun laws keep guns out of the hands of the worst criminals.