School zones

[Vulcan]

Originally posted by Iceman24
Sorry, nobody has the RIGHT to drive on any road, you are issued a drivers license and it is a privelage you have to be able to use it. The state can choose at anytime it sees fit to take away your privelage ( license ). Your supposed to have learned that in drivers ed.

The next thing you learn is that all pedestrians have the right of way, which means that when Joe Blow on his bike decides he wants to drive my lane, I have to slow down and give him the right of way

Wierd. In NZ we have the right because we pay for the roads. We pay a registration fee annually, ie a road tax, if you drive a petrol engined vehicle your petrol costs also include a road tax, if you drive a diesel power vehicle you pay a tax based on km usage (no tax in the diesel price).

It is not a privilege, I pay a tax for the right.

Likewise pedestrians do NOT have the right of way. It is illegal for pedestrians (and cyclists) to walk/ride on a motorway. Cyclists must keep to the left of the road and if available stay in a cycling lane.  It is also illegal for cyclists (and motorcycles) to ride line abreast.

On our roads a diamond is painted near pedestrian crossings to mark the 'point of no return', ie when a motorist may not be able to stop in time. A pedestrian who decides to step into the path of a vehicle with no time to stop has only one right... the right to a funeral.

[SOB]

The 24 hour law was overturned, with a delay to allow for local governments to waste more money having to change the signs again.  I think it goes away in March.

[SOB]

Thank god you're here to set us strait fartwrinkle.  

[dmf]

Originally posted by RAIDER14
If there are no cops around just go as fast as you want through a school zone

I hope you don't do that when the schol zone lights are flashing.

[Pooh21]

Originally posted by dmf
I hope you don't do that when the schol zone lights are flashing.

the little tykes have legs to run and scatter with

[Brenjen]

I don't know about New Zealand or Texas...but here in Arkansas driving is a privelage, not a right. I would post a link to the written warning I got when I was a teenager with a Z-28 Camaro if I could find it. It went something like this...."Arkansas motorist - You have exceeded the ten (10) point limit to retain driving privledges in Arkansas; if you garner any more citations in a twelve (12) month period from the date printed at the top of this warning; your driving priveledges will be revoked. Remember driving is a priveledge....not a right."

 We pay usage taxes here in the United States of America as well, probably as high or higher than most countries. But here in the United States of America; just the simple fact you pay taxes for a service doesn't make it automatically a right. Sort of like I pay for AHII service but am not gauranteed a right to freedom of speech because it wasn't given in the TOS when I signed up. Our rights in this country are what's written in the constitution, that's why we shouldn't change it willy nilly, it's our only gaurantee of the most basic rights. A lot of people take freedom for granted & assume more rights than they actually have.

 Here's a test of how much road you have a "right " too....take a chop saw & go cut out your bought & paid for chunk of public roadway & see where you end up! ROFL

[Jackal1]

Originally posted by SOB
Thank god you're here to set us strait fartwrinkle.  

Where we would we be without such guidance? I mean after all......I seem to recall that it was mentioned once..........well maybe twenty times that he is a retired officer. I beleive my home state of Texas is a much better place due to this....................the retirement.

[john9001]

lets set the record straight, this driving "privilege" crap is so the govt can control you, you need a license and tag so the state can raise money. once i get a tag for my car, why do i have to renew it every year? it's same car , same owner, same tag number, different little $ticker.


i think politicians should have to run for reelection every year, then they will be too busy to make more laws to control us and take our money.

hey, i sound like a libertarian.

BTW, you don't need a "license" to drive,all you need is the skill, you need one to drive according to their rules.

[FUNKED1]

Speed laws have a lot more to do with revenue collection than safety.