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I am terrified by the sentiment that we should take away free will because it might be dangerous.

The difference is that your right to swing your fists ends where my face begins. And operating a 2 ton death machine (the words of noted car enthusiast Elon Musk, not my own) in excess of the speed limit near people walking, biking, and just going about their lives is deeply selfish.

> The difference is that your right to swing your fists ends where my face begins

So... we should mandate everyone wear arm braces that contain computer chips that will prevent people from punching others?

You could also use that argument for enforcing curfews on the whole population. There’d be no more night time stabbings.

When picking laws, you can’t look at just the one problem, you have to look at the slippery slope it creates.

If that's the motive here, then why not start with limiting guns?

That sounds like a sensible thing to do!