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To: The Green Goblin
Those laws are all of fairly recent origin, and this country got by fine before they were ever passed. We'll simply do so again, thank you.

So, you are admitting that if you were a member of the "free state" legislature, you would work to overturn all seatbelt, speeding and drunk driving laws? I just want to be sure.

Do you mind detailing how you'll handle the resulting spike in traffic fatalities, and how you expect the state to handle the medical costs and rising insurance costs that would inevitably result from overturning seatbelt, speeding and drunk driving laws? Just saying you did without them before and you can do without them again doesn't answer the specifics.

BTW, how I feel about the laws themselves is irrelevant to the question. I'm just interested in knowing what you would do if you were in charge. I think the voters of any potential "free state" whose legislature you might be planning to "infiltrate" have a right to know what your specific plans are. You can treat my question as if you were already running for office and a potential voter was asking you a question.

293 posted on 11/20/2002 7:37:30 AM PST by wimpycat
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To: wimpycat
So, you are admitting that if you were a member of the "free state" legislature, you would work to overturn all seatbelt, speeding and drunk driving laws? I just want to be sure.

I certainly am.

Do you mind detailing how you'll handle the resulting spike in traffic fatalities, and how you expect the state to handle the medical costs and rising insurance costs that would inevitably result from overturning seatbelt, speeding and drunk driving laws? Just saying you did without them before and you can do without them again doesn't answer the specifics.

Those cases would be handled in the same way that they were handled before those kinds of laws were passed. Speed laws aren't stopping anyone from speeding right now anyway, and most drivers naturally drive at the speed which is safest for the road they'r driving on. Anyone who drives drunk and kills another person or wrecks a vehicle ewetc. will still be prosecuted and held accountable just as he would be today, so your point is really a false one.

298 posted on 11/20/2002 7:52:05 AM PST by The Green Goblin
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