Basically, currently, anyone with a provisional license (the step between a learner's license and an open, drive-any-car-you're-experienced-now license) cannot drive a turbocharged vehicle, at all, no matter what. The practical upshot of which is that under the current laws, a P-plater can drive an (unmodified) RX7 or Miata, but can't drive a Smart Car, because a Smart Car, with it's sub-600 CC motor, has a Turbocharger. Sure, it's a turbocharger about the size of a gnat's dick, and even when turbocharged, it produces about as much horsepower as a particularly inbred and malnourished Shetland pony, but it's a turbocharger, so fuck you.
Edit - For completeness, some states allowed a special dispensation for some drivers who had cars with very small capacity turbos, but they were not easy to get (the basic argument was "Why do you NEEED a turbocharged car? Why don't you get another? Prove you need it!" and apparently, the restrictions were very tight on it.
People who can't explain in great detail what a turbo is and how it works really shouldn't be writing legislation concerning them.
And just FYI, in America you pass your drivers test and drive a Ferrari home. :P
However, with your economy, it's just the one Ferrari. The government owns it and You all have to share it.
But that said, this is just another one of those laws, just like the US laws that mean crack has a higher legal penalty over regular cocaine - People throwing shit at the wall, not to see what sticks, but to create a large enough pile that they can squeltch up the pile and over the wall, into re-election, because they can say "Hey! I passed this law, and now look at what's happened to the traffic death stats!" - when in reality, the road toll, particularly the youth road toll, hasn't gone down very much at all, because EVERY measure but for exactly one(that not all states have) focus on banning young people from doing anything that would allow them experience in a safe manner, or educating them/coaching them in ANY way at all.
I have a radical new suggestion for them. Teach them how to drive? Fuck that, let's just stop them having cars until they're 25, since all drivers instantly and automatically become safer the very instant the move out of the 18-25 age bracket, right? I mean, if they're crashing more between the ages of 18-25, then if we stop anyone in that age bracket from driving, then crash deaths will plummet! I'm clearly a genius greater than any of those politicians, let me on the gravy train where, interestingly, one of my perks is a vehicle and driver.
As shitty as American laws have been lately, at least other places are usually shittier.
I'm sorry, I couldn't hear you over the sound of my universal healthcare and our extremely generous minimum wage, could you repeat that? I think if you roll the Patriot act up into a cone, you could use it like a makeshift loudhailer, that might help.
I'm sorry, I couldn't hear you over the sound of my universal healthcare and our extremely generous minimum wage, could you repeat that? I think if you roll the Patriot act up into a cone, you could use it like a makeshift loudhailer, that might help.
And I couldn't hear you over the sound of gunfire made by legally-owned automatic firearms.
And I couldn't hear you over the sound of gunfire made by legally-owned automatic firearms.
What, can't fire fast enough with a bolt action? I mean, the Brits used to have the mad minute, where riflemen would manage 30+ shots on a 12" target at 300 yards. Though I suppose you could compensate by just putting more rounds downrange and hoping you luck out, I guess that works sometimes.
Honestly, Americans, thinking it all comes down to your firearms and shooting your bolt quickly as possible. Calm down, you don't need a big gun if I know how to use one well. And firing fast is only a big deal if you don't know how to use ALL the tools at your disposal.
For those of you unfamiliar with the more obscure tenets of Dutch drug law, I am not exaggerating when I imply that mushrooms are freely available. You can walk into certain shops and buy a souvenir hat, a postcard, and your choice of around eight different strains of psychedelic psilocybe sclerotia from two different suppliers.
I was mainly talking about shitty laws in other countries, like ones banning pocket knives or freedom of speech or other things I use on a daily basis.
Also this:
How are you all so happy? There are huge spiders everywhere!
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I was wondering what this was about when the original video was perfectly accessible for me; I guess it was a U.S. only block.
Basically, currently, anyone with a provisional license (the step between a learner's license and an open, drive-any-car-you're-experienced-now license) cannot drive a turbocharged vehicle, at all, no matter what. The practical upshot of which is that under the current laws, a P-plater can drive an (unmodified) RX7 or Miata, but can't drive a Smart Car, because a Smart Car, with it's sub-600 CC motor, has a Turbocharger. Sure, it's a turbocharger about the size of a gnat's dick, and even when turbocharged, it produces about as much horsepower as a particularly inbred and malnourished Shetland pony, but it's a turbocharger, so fuck you.
Edit - For completeness, some states allowed a special dispensation for some drivers who had cars with very small capacity turbos, but they were not easy to get (the basic argument was "Why do you NEEED a turbocharged car? Why don't you get another? Prove you need it!" and apparently, the restrictions were very tight on it.
And just FYI, in America you pass your drivers test and drive a Ferrari home. :P
But that said, this is just another one of those laws, just like the US laws that mean crack has a higher legal penalty over regular cocaine - People throwing shit at the wall, not to see what sticks, but to create a large enough pile that they can squeltch up the pile and over the wall, into re-election, because they can say "Hey! I passed this law, and now look at what's happened to the traffic death stats!" - when in reality, the road toll, particularly the youth road toll, hasn't gone down very much at all, because EVERY measure but for exactly one(that not all states have) focus on banning young people from doing anything that would allow them experience in a safe manner, or educating them/coaching them in ANY way at all.
I have a radical new suggestion for them. Teach them how to drive? Fuck that, let's just stop them having cars until they're 25, since all drivers instantly and automatically become safer the very instant the move out of the 18-25 age bracket, right? I mean, if they're crashing more between the ages of 18-25, then if we stop anyone in that age bracket from driving, then crash deaths will plummet! I'm clearly a genius greater than any of those politicians, let me on the gravy train where, interestingly, one of my perks is a vehicle and driver. I'm sorry, I couldn't hear you over the sound of my universal healthcare and our extremely generous minimum wage, could you repeat that? I think if you roll the Patriot act up into a cone, you could use it like a makeshift loudhailer, that might help.
Honestly, Americans, thinking it all comes down to your firearms and shooting your bolt quickly as possible. Calm down, you don't need a big gun if I know how to use one well. And firing fast is only a big deal if you don't know how to use ALL the tools at your disposal.
Also, peyote.
Cue argument about measuring happiness and success and so on as expected around here, but still pretty cool, even though I think we could do better.
Also this: