The Importance of Penalty Points in Formula One

I think as we continue to talk about this, I at least formulate more of an opinion. And penalties just in general, not penalty points, are enough of a deterrent for drivers to not drive like a complete imbecile that the penalty point system is really just null and void because it is only there to make sure driving standards are good. But so are penalties. So why are we adding penalty points to it that don't really mean anything to the driver up until a ban? It's not like, all right, you get six penalty points and you get a three-place grid drop because you've done this many problems. But then that would surely then eradicate getting normal penalties because you