just because it's low wage and a lot of people know how to do it, doesn't mean it isn't cognitively demanding

and, driving is one of the most lethal activities that people commonly do in the modern world. according to osha 'transport incidents' represent 39% of all occupational fatalities

https://www.bls.gov/charts/census-of-fatal-occupational-inju...

presuming an absence of any survival bias is probably a little cavalier.

They should replicate the study in the UK where the test to become a licensed taxi driver is extremely hard and requires years of study to memorize I believe close to 30,000 street names.

Taxi drivers often have a shady side gig in being a police informer, drug dealer etc. Also practically all valuables which clients forget become theirs.