Meanwhile the Mexican invasion continues unabated with the connivance of federal state and local governments. Of course you wouldn't want the police to crack down on wetbacks. No money in it. Guess it's obvious the government by, for and of the people isn't the taxpaying middle class people whose loot powers the government.
And, yes, government at all levels has an interesting set of priorities, does it not?
In VA it's a secondary offense not to wear a seatbelt.
I couldn't agree more. The only thing that I can see that is good about seat belt laws is that we the people will be paying less for someone who injures themself in an accident and carries no insurance. But that is the only thing I can see good about them. I'm referring to adults of course, since children aren't able to make these decisions for themselves.
When I go to work I need to make a left turn at a traffic light that has a left turn light. There is almost no oncoming traffic but traffic going my direction is very heavy – but the light will not give me green until the cross street gets a green, which can be several minutes.
Anyway, what I do is, if there is no other car stopped there, I simply make a turn without even slowing down (assuming there are no oncoming cars and nobody in the crosswalk”. Well, the other day, a car ahead of me pulled into the lane and I thought, “nuts, I’m gonna have to wait for the light”. I was shocked when he did exactly what I do. And I thought I was such a rebel…
I don’t stop at such lights any more, unless there is a safety reason like oncoming traffic or a pedestrian. I even did it in front of a cop one day – with no ill effects whatsoever.
I do think we are seeing more traffic anarchy.
"If I don't wear a seatbelt I risk my own life, which is well within my rights."
Who gave you the right to raise insurance rates both for automobile drivers and for healthcare costs? When you crush your body in a mangled mess, do you honestly think it doesn't affect everyone else? I wish that weren't the case and that drivers were totally responsible for their own stupidity, but that's not reality.
Next time the lawmakers make a promise, remember what they did to this one.
When they first started ticketing for seatbelts they said they would only do it when they already had stopped a driver for another offense. Now they are going nuclear. Much like when they first started smog control on cars it was fairly reasonable with cars over a certain age being exempt and a maximum on how much you could be forced to spend. Now that program is on steroids. The incrementalism of statists is very effective and chilling.
On an related issue but a different target.
I was in a park in Los Angeles on the holiday weekend getting ready to BBQ lunch for 17 people. LAPD officers were on foot patrol around the park and came up and told me I had 20 minutes to get my propane BBQ off of the property as propane BBQ's are now illegal to have in the park. They claim it is a fire hazard. This is a totally enclosed firebox we are talking about here. There were many people using charcoal BBQ'S with 2 foot flames leaping off of them, but those are OK,it is only propane that is illegal. Dumbest thing I have heard in a long time. 2 foot flames, OK
enclosed box not. Couldn't believe it.
"Each of us owns himself, and it follows that we should have the liberty to take risks with our own lives but not that of others."
That's a good pro-drug-use argument.
I'm betting he didn't get a reply.
Move to New Hampshire, Walter. Live Free or Die!
It's always about the money. Here in Nashville, our mayor openly admitted that he wants a 33% increase in revenues from traffic violations. And he's got the police chief, who's a political hack and a sap anyway, sending his cops out there to collect. I wonder if they even bother writing tickets to the illegals they stop? I mean, if they don't pay the fine, they're not going to bother to arrest them anyway since it's too much trouble and won't bring in any money. I don't know that "traffic anarchy" is the result of this kind of thing, but trying to pretend that I have "respect for the law" gets tougher by the minute.
Wow, looking with amazement at some of these responses... Who knew that for so many on FR nanny statism was celebrated and Liberty was such a dirty word... May there be a zero-tolerance 55 mph speed limit with gps tracking, active government monitoring, and $1000 fines in your future...
Nothing about the government makes me madder on a daily basis than seat belt laws.
"Each of us owns himself,"
What a radical notion. It'd never fly around here, though.
Well we live on the tropical caribbean island of Anguilla, no seat belt law here and well we kind of gotten use to the freedom of being able to NOT use them if we so choose.
Anyway the misses was stateside the last few weeks and the last day in NJ she got a 'click it' ticket for not being belted in. She is happy to be back on island!