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It comes to mind, how did our forebearers ever get to where they needed to be without great overseers telling them what to do, where to go, what eat etc.? We may have smoked plenty in the past, ridden our pants off through the middle of the night, took risks in hand, buried our dead without oncologists hovering, and never thought twice about cell phones and PSAs. Never had a seat belt until my brother installed a set in our '63 Chevy. Never used one until '68 in my Volvo. Natural selection used to be a way of life. Had to look out for yerself in the not too distant past. Just a thought or two.
Mark-
Yes, in an effort not to become political I did use some "selected" examples of long ago rather than current examples. From the "Collectivist" tone of your post I'm
going to surmise that we are probably on opposite sides of the fence, but I will extend to you the offer that if you would like to carry this on in private, I'm willing, however
neither of us are probably going to win the debate, or change the others mind.
The price for the "greater good"? It's not about what I prefer. The vision laid out by the framers of the Constitution for the Federal Government has been left far, far behind.
The burdensome, exhaustive, over reaching, regulatory, & over taxing government that now leads this nation has limitless power- and its influence and intrusion in the lives of "We the People" has already begun to crumble the foundation & principles on which our country was founded.
There! We've done it-gone from seatbelts to politics. (If the regulators feel that I've crossed the line, feel free to delete this post.)
I wonder if Amish buggies are required to have seat belts? They do from time to time come into contact with motorized vehicles.
Ken
Cops are not civilians when it comes to talking & driving,etc.. Obviously if they are making small talk on the job with their sweetie it should not float. Another same sort of example is for a pilot to make radio talk while flying. Aircraft can get fairly complex too but I hope they talk while they fly! That's why the selection & training of cops & pilots is designed to sort out & prepare them. The people we have our bitch about on the hwy. have gone through none of that process & I promise to not go into my "Driver Ed" rant again.I'm with Lew all the way on this one. See this crap all the time; people are stupid and the guv'mint is too pansy to let Darwin do what's right. Sheeple and drones are the result.
Around here, the cops are also talking on their cell phones while driving. Maybe it's easier or less crowded than the radio, or better for local coordination of their tasks, but it ain't exactly comforting.
Even when I'm walking or riding my bicycle, there have been a more than few times when other pedestrians just walked right in to me, clearly because they are not paying attention. Just for fun, I've stopped ten feet away from them and watched as they walk toward me. "Duh??" It doesn't help any that parents and schools around here obviously don't teach kids how to cross a street either.
It was impossible to determine whether the two automobile drivers had been wearing seat belts.
I am on a friendly basis with these guys as the same ones patrol this neighbor hood and my having a motorcycle gets me a friendly smile, so I walk out there and say "Good morning, may I ask what are you doing"? He looks at me and says seat belt enforcement, child seats and checking license and insurance.
What I just don't get is not wearing a seat belt! What is the payoff, aside from the 3 seconds it takes to click it in? Any of you not use a seat belt? Please tell us why.