Originally Posted by
twobadfish
That just isn't true. And your idea is a great one. In a police state.
You're right... but there is never enough information (without video) to determine if the severity of somebody's carelessness was high enough to warrant license suspension. The vast majority of people simply cannot carry on without a vehicle.
We all know the risks associated with getting on the road with two ton speeding machinery all driving within feet of each other. Regardless of whose fault it is there will always be accidents. No matter how much of a police state you lobby for.
It's not my "idea" it's an idea that has been put forth by others at various times. And I don't see how temporarily suspending someone's driver's license after a crash pending a full investigation is going to lead to a "police state."
And given the proliferation of CCTV camera's, security camera's, ATM camera's, etc. "everywhere" these days, I am sure that most crashes are caught on at least one or more camera. The only possible exception would be out in remote rural areas. But as anyone who lives anywhere in the real world knows camera's are everywhere. And just because we don't see them doesn't mean that they aren't out there somewhere.