# Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 3) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 29, 2026, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157 "2026-01-29T18:21:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 47
**Author:** ![RollOutTheBarrel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rolloutthebarrel/32/1649_2.png) [@RollOutTheBarrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RollOutTheBarrel)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2026, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/921 "2026-03-27T18:46:02Z")
I’d like to see all drivers retested periodically. I’d also like to see greater funding for public transportation so those who can no longer drive have more options. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2026, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/922 "2026-03-27T19:05:09Z")
> [@Jegpeg](#): > > I hadn’t heard of Murcurochrome but a google revealed you can still get “Murcurochrome” but it is actually Murbromin. The real stuff was a mercury compound. That is no longer a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2026, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/923 "2026-03-27T19:12:56Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > That is no longer a good idea. Was it ever ? ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2026, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/924 "2026-03-27T20:18:20Z")
Love all those jelly bean flavors. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2026, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/925 "2026-03-27T20:23:35Z")
I like all candy, and therefore all those jellybeans. I like some more than others, but I like all of them enough to eat them. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2026, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/926 "2026-03-27T20:28:24Z")
My kingdom for a “none of the above” jellybean option. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2026, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/927 "2026-03-27T20:32:12Z")
What happens in rural areas or sprawling suburbia? ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2026, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/928 "2026-03-27T20:54:01Z")
I live in Michigan, and I like the idea of the road test law, but I would prefer if the minimum age was 80. 75 seems a bit too young to me. It’s probably going to result in most people passing their drivers test. I’ll bet the failure rate is much higher at age 80. A lot of people will already be weeded out by their adult kids taking away the keys. So to use the smallest amount of resources for the greatest safety gains, I say 80. ---
**Author:** ![RollOutTheBarrel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rolloutthebarrel/32/1649_2.png) [@RollOutTheBarrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RollOutTheBarrel)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2026, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/929 "2026-03-27T21:03:23Z")
That’s why I said I’d like to see a increase in funding for public transportation. Because those areas currently don’t have many options. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2026, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/930 "2026-03-27T21:23:22Z")
Ditto. At least for Brach’s jelly beans. Now Jelly Belly…. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2026, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/931 "2026-03-27T22:07:41Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > > [@DrDeth](#): > > > > That is no longer a good idea. > > Was it ever ? Didn’t kill me…yet. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2026, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/932 "2026-03-27T22:30:55Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > Was it ever ? Well, they didnt have triple antibiotic ointment back then. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2026, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/933 "2026-03-27T23:15:28Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > A lot of people will already be weeded out by their adult kids taking away the keys. This reads like someone who has never met a stubbornly, foolishly independent old person. I would LOVE it if the state took away dad’s keys, because I can’t convince him, can’t quite justify doing it forcibly, but think he and his fellow citizens would be safer if he gave up driving. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2026, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/934 "2026-03-27T23:31:04Z")
Yeah, I’m sure it varies from person to person. My grandfather will only drive locally now (he’s 86) of his own accord. My grandma (also 86) has macular degeneration and my Aunt had to explain to her what this means for her driving privileges, but she accepted it. Some old people are reasonable about recognizing when they need to stop, and that’s kind of what I meant. There are some folks who will stop on their own and some whose kids will talk them out of it. This law ideally would be to catch the stubborn holdouts. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2026, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/935 "2026-03-27T23:32:15Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > My kingdom for a “none of the above” jellybean option. > > mmm I’m guessing jelly beans do NOT make you go “mmm”… 🙃 They don’t for me, either, note, thus I concur with your suggestion. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2026, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/936 "2026-03-28T03:59:27Z")
> [@RollOutTheBarrel](#): > > That’s why I said I’d like to see a increase in funding for public transportation. Because those areas currently don’t have **many** options. You typoed an extra “m” in there. Re: inert/adept; have you ever seen a gruntled employee? I've seen disgruntled ones, but not sure that I've ever seen one who's just gruntled :thinking: ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2026, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/937 "2026-03-28T04:28:33Z")
Liquorish? ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2026, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/938 "2026-03-28T04:38:16Z")
Might have to get rid of capitalism for that; I can’t imagine a rural public transportation system will ever be profitable. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2026, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/939 "2026-03-28T05:20:06Z")
Like rural electricfication? ---
**Author:** ![CaveMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cavemike/32/16379_2.png) [@CaveMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaveMike)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2026, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/940 "2026-03-28T14:03:37Z")
It certainly put Brockway, Ogdenville and North Haverbrook on the map. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157.md?page=46) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157.md?page=48)