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Comment on Gen Z is choosing not to drive

Peppycito@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

I’m in my 40’s and only got my license 5 years ago. As well as environmental and economic reasons a big part of my refusal was power. A drivers license is the main way the state exerts power over the people. You should see a cops face when you tell them you don’t have a drivers license, they lose their biggest threat against you. In the end I had to drive for work and I try to avoid doing so at all costs.

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erwan@lemmy.ml ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
What can a cop do about your driving license if you’re not driving when he talks to you?

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- Peppycito@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Mostly I mean it pegs you to the system and the threat of losing it keeps you in line.
  
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  - adrian783@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    what are these threats?
    
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NotSteve_@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Do you not have ID cards in your country? In Canada we have ID cards and drivers licenses that are exactly the same minus one letting you drive

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- Peppycito@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I’m Canadian and had a BYID card issued by the LCBO. But the police can’t threaten to take it away from you as a means of control.
  
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  - NotSteve_@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I had no idea BYID cards were a thing. That’s interesting though
    
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    Peppycito@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Almost no one did. They stopped the age of majority card at the time and there wasn’t any replacement so they made that. It only lasted a few years. It was a really fake looking and I got a lot of doubting looks from bouncers and bankers and such. It took a force of will to get it accepted sometimes.
    
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