I was picking up a some medication at the drugstore when an old frail man came in and stepped into the line. Quickly a middle-aged woman who works there says “Welcome back Fred! Haven’t seen you in a couple of weeks! Are you okay?” The guy says back “yeah, I’m, I’m okay… But my truck isn’t, I totalled my truck!”. The layday goes " oh no! That’s terrible! So how did you get here? " the guy says " my chofer brought me in to get my medications"… Lady " your chofer? ". The guy points a little past my direction and from that end here comes the skinniest, frailest old lady you can imagine " yeah, I brought him in, but I’m. Not his chofer! Not by a long shot. Is this your girlfriend? “… Blah blah blah… Holy shit, they let people like that drive by themselves! Great for them, but you and I drive on the same road! Our kids wait for the bus on the same road. Maybe the country just needs to pass the " free driver law”. You hit 60 and you get a driver code. You go to a site or call a number, enter the code and wait for your driver. Free government paid service. A normally aged person between 15 and 60 years of age then takes you and a few other friends around the places you need to go to.
The last thing we need is government-paid private drivers so the people that most need public transport (that also for some reason have the most political power) will never vote to get public transport.
I was picking up a some medication at the drugstore when an old frail man came in and stepped into the line. Quickly a middle-aged woman who works there says “Welcome back Fred! Haven’t seen you in a couple of weeks! Are you okay?” The guy says back “yeah, I’m, I’m okay… But my truck isn’t, I totalled my truck!”. The layday goes " oh no! That’s terrible! So how did you get here? " the guy says " my chofer brought me in to get my medications"… Lady " your chofer? ". The guy points a little past my direction and from that end here comes the skinniest, frailest old lady you can imagine " yeah, I brought him in, but I’m. Not his chofer! Not by a long shot. Is this your girlfriend? “… Blah blah blah… Holy shit, they let people like that drive by themselves! Great for them, but you and I drive on the same road! Our kids wait for the bus on the same road. Maybe the country just needs to pass the " free driver law”. You hit 60 and you get a driver code. You go to a site or call a number, enter the code and wait for your driver. Free government paid service. A normally aged person between 15 and 60 years of age then takes you and a few other friends around the places you need to go to.
The last thing we need is government-paid private drivers so the people that most need public transport (that also for some reason have the most political power) will never vote to get public transport.