My Wife Asks Me..

[danny76]

I make no apologies for driving without a seatbelt.  I simply explain the fine would be the price I pay for freedom.  I've never been fined for it.

Thats the same excuse given for violation of motorcycle helmet laws. As if you need to tell cognitive people that wearing a motorcycle helmet is a sensible thing to do.
As far as I am concerned seatbelt and helmet laws should be repealed and the results left to Darwin to sort out. However it was my job and as already pointed out, the democratically elected government instigated the law, it was merely my job to enforce it.

Also, if you are injured exercising your freedom not to wear a helmet or seatbelt, emergency services should be allowed to exercise their own freedom not to treat fools who have been instrumental in their own injuries

[Rob52240]

Thats the same excuse given for violation of motorcycle helmet laws. As if you need to tell cognitive people that wearing a motorcycle helmet is a sensible thing to do.
As far as I am concerned seatbelt and helmet laws should be repealed and the results left to Darwin to sort out. However it was my job and as already pointed out, the democratically elected government instigated the law, it was merely my job to enforce it.

Also, if you are injured exercising your freedom not to wear a helmet or seatbelt, emergency services should be allowed to exercise their own freedom not to treat fools who have been instrumental in their own injuries

The fact that your attitude is shared by doctors, and on the advice of 3 doctors I stopped being an organ donor after purchasing a motorcycle.

[RTHolmes]

 

[bmwgs]

The fact that your attitude is shared by doctors, and on the advice of 3 doctors I stopped being an organ donor after purchasing a motorcycle.

Being that I am an avid motorcyclist, I have got to hear this story.  Looking forward to see if there is more logic in this decision than the one you made about wearing seat belts.

Fred

[BERN1]

I also have been pulled over a few times in my 20 years of driving. 75 in a 55 at 5 a.m. I pull over shut off the truck and have my papers out the window when the officer pulls up.
Officer: "You know why I pulled you over?"
Me: I might have been speeding
officer: oh yea! you were speeding,can you tell me why you are in such a hurry?
Me:I am late for work and it is just down the road
Officer: how is your driving record?
Me: up until now perfect
Officer <chuckles> I will be back after I check your record...
he let me off...they usually do except for the time my car smelled a lil funny but that is for another night.
basically if you remain calm and courteous the pigs....errr officers will too

[Rob52240]

Being that I am an avid motorcyclist, I have got to hear this story.  Looking forward to see if there is more logic in this decision than the one you made about wearing seat belts.

Fred

There is nothing wrong with my seatbelt logic.  I refuse to do comply with anything simply because the gov't says to.

[RTHolmes]

so what do you do when you see a sign that says "Govt Warning: Dont Jump Off This Cliff!"

[SEraider]

Just reading the 1st few threads, I been a victim of a police officer falsifying my statements on a police report.  I fought that report the best I could but ultimately I did not win.  I felt robbed of my dignity and a official beared false witness.  That is the 1st I felt contempt for any officer.

That being said; I believe in all that Law Enforcement is the most honest part of government.  I can also name 20 other encounters with officers that were very professional and just.  

I don't believe painting them with a broad brush is responsible.  I respect officers despite that one incident I listed above.

[ink]

There is nothing wrong with my seatbelt logic.  I refuse to do comply with anything simply because the gov't says to.

I have a feeling you and I would get along very well in the RW

(and that is rare thing)

[danny76]

The fact that your attitude is shared by doctors, and on the advice of 3 doctors I stopped being an organ donor after purchasing a motorcycle.

A&E doctors call motorcyclists POD's. Standing for Potential Organ Donors, I have been riding since 1994 and have had 2 major accidents. 1 career ending. Both would have been fatal, or worse ended with me pvs had i not been wearing a lid.

[Zodiac]

Rear ended and rolled by a full size Kenworth hauling Amish furniture on interstate 80.  My only injury was a sore shoulder from my trusty safety belt.  I found the trucker on the side of the road crying hysterically after the crash.  She was just repeating "I killed him" over and over.  It was kinda strange because my brain was so generous with the designer drugs it was dumping into my bloodstream that I felt at least 300% more alive than I usually do.  

Even funnier that the boss told me to wreck that truck about a week earlier so I could have a new one.  The thing that baffled everyone the most, including the trucker & state trooper was how the topper stayed on while the frame was bent in a few places and I broke every axle but one.

I made the morning news by making so many people late to work.  It was a busy highway.  The Kenworth sustained a punctured radiator but no grill damage.

How many exactly did they cram onto that tiny frame?  

[CAP1]

Thanks CAP, but I have no illusions about that.. Went thru the blame everything and everyone else thing..
Cut away all the mental garbage, and the truth remains, my words did this.. I can recall the words verbatim!
I can still hear his voice too!

Should have said COME HOME.. He'd still be here..
Guess I have a grip on reality huh? Even when it hurts..

 you sound like the kind of man that every son or daughter should have for a father. i wished ya lived closer. i'd meet up with ya for a drink or 5. from the sound of it, you're a good man.   and thank you for your service, and sacrifice.   

[RngFndr]

you sound like the kind of man that every son or daughter should have for a father. i wished ya lived closer. i'd meet up with ya for a drink or 5. from the sound of it, you're a good man.   and thank you for your service, and sacrifice.   

I think we'd have a good time.. Ever hit the west coast, look me up.. Thx 

[Shuffler]

 Read a very good book years ago. Think the title was "How to avoid a speeding ticket" written by a former State Trooper.

  Like others have said you need to put the Officer at ease for he has never met you and will think the worse until he finds out otherwise.

  Pull over calmly and safely if possible. Leave both hands on the wheel there will be plenty of time to get your Id later while he watches. Nothing is worse than fumbling around while he's walking up. Don't lie that will just piss him off.

  I was traveling on a local highway at night and went by a hidden trooper. He hit his lights as I passed and I knew it was me he was after. I pulled over and waited for him. Got off with a warning for being honest and friendly.

  You may run into an irate cop but taking the ticket and driving away is better than spending time at thier place.    

The few times I have been pulled over.....
I do so in a place, and far enough over so the Officer is in a safe possition when approaching my vehicle. He is doing his job. I do not want to see him hit by some idiot driving by starting and the pretty blinking lights.

[Volron]

There is nothing wrong with my seatbelt logic.  I refuse to do comply with anything simply because the gov't says to.

Have to remember, dead man pay no taxes.