> would adore to see obtaining a drivers license ratchet up in difficulty in order to remove dangerous human drivers from the road

A Manhattan driver’s license addendum might be the way to do it. Keep a low bar for where one might need a car. But to enter Manhattan, you need to be autonomous or specially licensed.

That's gonna be great when other states start doing it and it becomes an absurd maze of predatory fees, reciprocity and political footballs.