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Why We Need DNA Testing at the DMV

The genetic correlates of bad driving.

(thanks Peter)

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This entry was posted on Thursday, October 29th, 2009 at 12:53 pm and is filed under Drivers, Traffic safety. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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  1. john Says:
    October 30th, 2009 at 5:38 pm

    What perhaps needs to be said about this, lest someone or some group finds yet another excuse for driving badly or God Forbid killing someone, is that the rules and infrastructure of our roads were designed with this DNA difference in mind. In other words, a family with what you are calling inferior-to-drive genes is already taken care for by laws. These were not made for some, but for all– their makers were aware of variation.

    We need to stop making excuses and start learning more solutions.

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