Every year about this time the Seat belt Nazi’s and the Radar gun Fascists hit the streets to make asses of themselves, and collect a few sheckles from the citizens.
It isn’t quite so bad as the speed camera’s in DC, but it is a pain in the butt.
Remember, it isn’t for your safety, it’s for the money.
When you look at it that way it is easier to understand.
True that. It is all about the income. But let’s not discount that union overtime pay, too!
Let me preface my next semi-rant with the statement that I have friends and family who are/were police officers, mainly in small towns. But....
I used to discuss this with my uncle (the night cop) often. If slowing people down saves lives, can you explicitly identify those person(s) whose lives were saved? If you can’t, then it is not true, but only a hypothesis that ticketing speeders saves lives. Same, of course, could be said for most of the nanny-state laws. We are guilted into feeling that we don’t respect the lives of others (the poor, the kids, etc.) as a way to force behaviors onto us.
What I’ve learned from all of the Nannystate commercials about seat belts and drunk driving:
#1 - Only 40 year old white guys get pulled over by the cops.
#2 - 40 year old white guys are responsible for all DUI and seatbelt violations.