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You can remember them all with this popular nursery rhyme:

A blacksmith makes things out of metal.

A whitesmith makes records of queries.

A graysmith makes facts about serial killers up to match all of his theories.

A greensmith makes plants into tables.

A brownsmith grinds tables to dust.

A redsmith takes dust from those tables and plants and applies it to mirrors to rust.

A yellowsmith makes things from acids.

A bluesmith can make things from bases.

A chartreusmith can make things from any material, regardless of what their pH is.

A taupesmith makes things out of paper.

Eggshellsmiths carve stuff out of shell.

An ivorysmith poaches ivory, and that’s why they’re going to hell.

An orangesmith makes stuff that’s orange.

A purplesmith makes stuff that’s purple.

Do you think it should be mandatory for people with driver's licenses to take a refresher driving course every set number of years* – ideally low-cost or funded with taxes – to hammer in the basics of driving, road rules, safety tips** etc, rather than only having to pass a driving test once?

Yes, it should be mandatory / No, but it should be an accessible option / Nuance / Results

* say every 5 years for example

**safety tips could include reinforcing why it's important to keep a certain distance from the car ahead of you and how the safe distance changes depending on various circumstances; how little time speeding/weaving through traffic actually saves vs how much it increases the risks; safety around cyclists/motorcyclists; examples throughout of what can and has happened when people ignore these things; maybe even basic maintenance so you don't get stranded with a flat and no idea how to put the spare on etc etc.

(also re: work, for the sake of this poll let's say it'd be similar to jury duty in the US, in that your employer is required to allow you paid time off work, or your school is required to give you unpunished time off, to complete this refresher course because it's mandatory. And fwiw I'm talking everywhere there are cars & resources to support this, not in any specific country. Obviously some people will still be dicks but we're not talking about them here)

* say every 5 years for example