I'm Mad As Hell...
Okay, my nice, happy, sunny day abruptly came to an end today when a police officer used his valuable crime fighting time to pull me over and give me a ticket. Was I doing 90 in a 35? Was I jumping the curb running over people? Was I texting on my cell phone? Nope.
Could he have been stopping a drug deal? Could he have been ticketing people for running stop signs? Could he have been doing something to serve our community? Yep.
Instead, what was he doing? He was pulling me over for the crime of the century... not wearing my seat belt!! Oh Golly Gee, the humanity! The disgust! The tragedy! The end of the world is upon us! Me, alone, driving in a 25 mile an hour zone did not have my seat belt on. Are you freaking kidding me!!!!
The imbeciles that passed this law need to be shot. Okay, let me get this straight. Illegal for me, alone, my own free will, to drive without a seat belt. BUT! A parent can drive a car with a child in the car and smoke. Hummm? People can smoke in car, with child, but cannot drive without seatbelt. Hummm?
Alright nut jobs, explain that one to me. You goof's say, oh it saves money on medical bills we all have to pay, but guess what? I HAVE INSURANCE! Let's see, more people die from smoking but it is good, less people die from lack of seat belt but it is bad.
You people that are for seat belt laws, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH! I said BLAH, BLAH, BLAH BLAH BLAH. Okay, it's safer to use a seat belt. I AGREE! But it also safer not to fly, not to ride roller coasters, not to scuba dive, not to ride without hands, not to skateboard without knee pads, but damn it, it's my free will if I want to do those things. Accidents happen!!! Get over it. IT'S MY CHOICE NOT YOURS!
If you disagree with me you are wrong. There is no argument that makes it alright for you to pass a law that makes a grown adult do something that has no affect on other drivers. I will continue to drive in town without a seat belt and when pulled over pay my $20 fine. More out of spite than anything else.
So, I guess I'm off to the window tinter to see about tinting my windows which should keep nosy cops from seeing whether I have my seat belt on or not.
My rant is now over.
Could he have been stopping a drug deal? Could he have been ticketing people for running stop signs? Could he have been doing something to serve our community? Yep.
Instead, what was he doing? He was pulling me over for the crime of the century... not wearing my seat belt!! Oh Golly Gee, the humanity! The disgust! The tragedy! The end of the world is upon us! Me, alone, driving in a 25 mile an hour zone did not have my seat belt on. Are you freaking kidding me!!!!
The imbeciles that passed this law need to be shot. Okay, let me get this straight. Illegal for me, alone, my own free will, to drive without a seat belt. BUT! A parent can drive a car with a child in the car and smoke. Hummm? People can smoke in car, with child, but cannot drive without seatbelt. Hummm?
Alright nut jobs, explain that one to me. You goof's say, oh it saves money on medical bills we all have to pay, but guess what? I HAVE INSURANCE! Let's see, more people die from smoking but it is good, less people die from lack of seat belt but it is bad.
You people that are for seat belt laws, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH! I said BLAH, BLAH, BLAH BLAH BLAH. Okay, it's safer to use a seat belt. I AGREE! But it also safer not to fly, not to ride roller coasters, not to scuba dive, not to ride without hands, not to skateboard without knee pads, but damn it, it's my free will if I want to do those things. Accidents happen!!! Get over it. IT'S MY CHOICE NOT YOURS!
If you disagree with me you are wrong. There is no argument that makes it alright for you to pass a law that makes a grown adult do something that has no affect on other drivers. I will continue to drive in town without a seat belt and when pulled over pay my $20 fine. More out of spite than anything else.
So, I guess I'm off to the window tinter to see about tinting my windows which should keep nosy cops from seeing whether I have my seat belt on or not.
My rant is now over.
posted by Shaggy D at
5:42 PM
3 Comments:
The only argument for seat belt laws that I ever heard that made sense was: if you fly out of your car in a crash, you could land on someone else's car. But at 25 mph that is not an issue. So, totally with you on that one. Welcome to the nanny state, my friend.
At least you're not bitter... ;-)
Although at face value, it would be easy to agree with you, however, my insurance goes up for everyone that files a claim for an under 25 accident that they weren't wearing a belt and they got hurt on the windshield or a sidewindow. Tickets in my state went up $5.00 to cover head injuries. One last point, if your not wearing your belt at 25, then I guess you aren't wearing one at 50, ever hit a airbag at 50 mph during a head on?
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