. . . in Germany, where on certain roads you are free to drive as fast as you please. But if you cause a serious accident, you are never allowed to drive again, essentially. The law grants wide discretion and assigns total responsibility. That is, it treats citizens as adults. This is a bracing concept, maybe a little too radical for the United States.
-Matthew Crawford, Why We Drive: On Freedom, Risk and Taking Back Control
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