Is this the perfect social program?

Question

Every year anyone who has an income of over $150,000 is required to buy a car. The car then becomes public domain and is available for use by anybody who needs a ride.
Under this system, all cars are left on the street with the keys inside. If you need a ride, you just go to the closest car, hop in and take off. Once you reach your destination, the car becomes available to someone else.
The person who buys the car is responsible for all its expenses. The car can come equipped with a barcode so any driver can fill the tank and charge it back to the buyer.
What do you think? Is this the perfect system or what? There couldn't possible be any abuse of this free ride system.

Gosh! Auditor4
Are you implying social programs are counterproductive to building both personal and national wealth?

Answer 1

Might work in Narnia...we have become too accustomed to looking for ways to take advantage of the system.

Answer 2

Put the hookah down and think about what you said for a minute .

You actually want a program that makes the individual responsible for purchasing an automobile if their income exceeds $150,000.00 a year .

For that matter why not be reasonable and put it at those above $1,000,000.00 Surely these people could afford a chauffeur to take you to your destination in a town car .

This is both a service and an employment opportunity .



Have you lost your mind .
This kind and I stress this kind of radical social program has absolutely zero possibility of working out .

Now If you want to do something so people can get around more efficiently within a city bring back hitch-hiking .

It got a bad rap from the auto industry years ago .
Many people who could afford a car did not buy one cause it was easy to stand out by the side of the road and catch a ride .
In the fifties they put out a movie that slowed hitchhiking down forever and since then have continued to portray strangers as evil people who would kill you .
So never pick them up .

This kind of holly wood meets big business agenda is common and subtle .

Ride the bus some time and see who is on it .
These people you may not want driving a car in the first place .
As it is the test is in effective at determining who should be allowed to drive .

I am not suggesting we all learn to operate a car like a stunt driver but check this out .http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4sem1szrz0

Anyhow people are not responsible enough to purchase and maintain autos for others to use for free .

Answer 3

No it would encourage to many DUI's plus some people like serial killers would use the cars to drive around and commit crimes. Plus almost all crimes tie to a make and vehicle of the car if people were honest it would be a great idea, b ut since there are many crminals it would allow for an endless get away car system and then when you arrived at the next town you could switch to another vehicle.

Answer 4

How is this supposed to help anyone except for some young kids who want to rip around in someone else's car? How many people who want a free ride would actually allow another person to share the car. They would beat it and keep it.

Answer 5

two problems. people with money will "hide" it, so that they aren't in the over 150,000 group, where ever they can. The second, is that there wouldn't be any guarantee as to where the cars would be placed. Convenient for some not for others.

Answer 6

Yeah, sounds like a real good system if you're a 14 yr old looking to go on a joy ride.

Answer 7

It would suck if you came out of the grocery store with a full shopping cart and there weren't any cars in the lot.

Answer 8

Who pays for the law suits?

Answer 9

It would get stolen or crashed by kids.