# Venezuela Suspends Driver's License for First Time

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/venezuela-suspends-drivers-license-for-first-time/582641>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 21, 2011, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/venezuela-suspends-drivers-license-for-first-time/582641 "2011-05-21T00:52:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/venezuela-suspends-drivers-license-for-first-time/582641/1 "2011-05-21T00:52:10Z")

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[The first-ever suspension of a Venezuelan driver’s license](http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/19/us-venezuela-driving-odd-idUSTRE74I3JX20110519?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FoddlyEnoughNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Oddly+Enough%29). It belonged to a bus driver who was “driving at excessive speed in a large, overladen passenger bus that was missing one of its rear wheels.” Under a new law.

Goddamned Big Government interfering in people’s lives, grumble, grumble.

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**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/venezuela-suspends-drivers-license-for-first-time/582641/2 "2011-05-21T03:45:33Z")

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They have drivers licenses? Who knew?

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/venezuela-suspends-drivers-license-for-first-time/582641/3 "2011-05-21T03:51:58Z")

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Next thing you know, they’ll have a stop sign.

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**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/venezuela-suspends-drivers-license-for-first-time/582641/4 "2011-05-21T05:55:27Z")

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Would they have suspended his license if the bus had all of its wheels?

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/venezuela-suspends-drivers-license-for-first-time/582641/5 "2011-05-21T13:18:12Z")

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No. As always, blame the worker for the failings of management. Cutting corners on maintenance like that ought to be illegal. No wait, it is. It just isn’t enforced. Actually, in Venezuela pretty much everything other than laws against criticizing Chavez aren’t enforced