Night-Vision Goggles Help Seatbelt Campaign
Police Use New Tool Against Seat Belt Violators
Seat Belt Violators Caught By Cops Wearing Night Vision Goggles
According to Governor Ehrlich's spokeswoman and Maryland State Police spokesman, the MSP won't be using the night vision goggles to ogle drivers at night for committing the heinous crime of not buckling up.
However, what I didn't read in this news story is that the night vision goggles won't be used by any local Maryland police agencies.
I hope the egg on MSP's face will deter any local agencies from trying the same thing.
That has had we worried since I first read it. I'm glad they stopped it. Very big brotherish.
The un-seat-belted drivers violated the law...they should be found and punished.
You can eliminate all this BS by reducing the payout on insureance by 50% (or more) if the driver decides not to buckle up. If the driver is happy to pay 4x the regular insurance rates to stay unbuckled fine with me.
Make it an individual financial choice.
Ahh, the good old posse comitatus. No military invilvement in domestic law enforcement activities, except of course drugs. And terrorism. And the biggest threat to the free world ever: people who don't buckle up.
It was only a matter of time until the seat belt laws became a new profit center.
Gotta' luv the guv.
On weekends, when one is leaving DC via route 1 or rhode island ave., there is usually a seat belt checkpoint. They do it at the border so that it is sort of like a toll to get into maryland.