Imagine you are standing at a busy city intersection during rush hour. Cars stretch out in every direction, barely moving. From where you stand, what do you actually know about the vehicles and the drivers? Almost nothing. You might assume every driver has a valid license, proper insurance, and is allowed to operate the vehicle they are in. But is that always true? In most cases, drivers do go through training and testing to get a license. They usually renew it on a schedule, sometimes with additional testing. Yet in a long line of thousands of cars, some drivers will have expired licenses, suspended licenses, or the wrong type of license for the vehicle. A few might be driving without any license at all. The percentage is small, but in a huge pool of commuters it adds up to real numbers. So how would you fix this problem? You could require an onboard system, like the one Korben Dallas used in the movie The Fifth Element, that checks whether the driver is still legally licensed. But…
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