San Francisco could ban right-hand turns on red. Could L.A. soon follow?
Banning it instead of fixing the drivers.  I guess that is the easiest way to fix the immediate problem but it&#x27;s not a long term solution to the problem that as cars have gotten smarter drivers  have gotten dumber, more distracted and more of them on the road.<p>I really think there needs to be some continuing education requirements for driving.  What we have in this country is the vast majority of people learned to drive when they were teenagers in a basic driving skills course and then never learned anything else.  So there&#x27;s decades of experience in only the most perfunctory driving skills.  I firmly believe that most have forgotten the rules of the road and could no longer pass the written test. Considering most written tests have been redone to no longer require obscure fixed distance measurements, this is pretty scary.  Anyone who has a driver&#x27;s license should be able to pass the written test as the same thing you do when driving.<p>Maybe some sort of randomized testing lottery every year. Each year everyone&#x27;s name gets tossed in to a hat and 20% get pulled for taking the test and luck protection so it&#x27;s at least once in 5 years.  Taking and passing an accredited advanced driving class with behind the wheel time would exempt you from the lottery for 10 years.<p>I don&#x27;t know if that&#x27;s the right solution but something needs done to get people to realize they are in charge of heavy equipment and mishandling it is dangerous.  Too many times have I pulled up second to a stop sign and the first person seems confused about who goes, or they have no clue what to do for a flashing yellow light. Idiots not knowing how (and when) to safely make a right turn on red is a symptom of a much larger problem.