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Will Freedom From Qaddafi Make Libyans Better Drivers?

Thomas Lane | September 20, 2011, 11:07PM

The blessings of freedom are many; but could one of them be making people better drivers? The people of Libya may soon find out.

A recently released Wikileaks cable, originally classified in November 2009, details the various the horrors of driving in Libya, where road accidents are the third leading cause of death. The cable's anonymous U.S. diplomat author quotes a local as wondering why many Libyans exhibit "criminal behavior" as soon as they get behind the wheel.

The cable's author twice quotes one rather interesting theory: that a lack of political freedom is basically turning people into carbon copies of Nick Cage from Drive Angry 3D.

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Topics: LIbya, Muammar Qaddafi, Wikileaks