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I've seen a lot of local politics. Usually it's stupid, but not so stupid as to be outright laughable in a just world. But I live in Jersey, where a scandal-tainted governor can announce a three-month-delayed resignation, yet avoid any semblance of a vote on his replacement; where a US Senate campaigner can be switched off the ballot for another for no reason that he would likely lose, and in obvious violation of state law.
So it's no surprise that someone's come up with the idea of fining people who smoke while driving. The AAA has concluded (OK, sponsored and played up a survey) that 1% of accidents are "smoking related", so obviously smokers should be fined up to $250, if they're behind the wheel. Noting the survey, one could conclude that it woud make much more sense to : Ban multiple occupants in automoobile, especially moving ones; ban radios and other entertainment players, adjustable climate controls, and eating. Perhaps eaters could be treated like Ansche Hedgepath. Towing and impounding the car would simply be icing on the cake. For those of the link-impaired persuasion Quote:
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I really want to be told what to wear when I'm in my car, too.
Does anyone realize that our brothers and sisters are fighting to protect liberties that we are squashing? They will come home to that, and it's an insult. Back on topic, what right do they have to tell us what to do in our cars? I suppose that Interstates are government property and they, therefore, can regulate what we do on them. This just seems like abuse of power that we have granted them through OUR tax dollars. |
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I think they should then fine people who are over 70 and driving, who drive at night, or who drive in rainy conditions.
One more reason not to live in the Northeast. WHY do you people do this to yourselves....
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“It’s not based on any particular data point,” a Treasury spokeswoman told Forbes.com Tuesday. “We just wanted to choose a really large number.” "When the stock market crashed, Franklin D. Roosevelt got on the television and didn't just talk about the, you know, the princes of greed. He said, 'Look, here's what happened.'"--Joe Biden |
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Given that more than one percent of people smoke, wouldn't that suggest that we should be REQUIRED to smoke while driving?
The NJ legislature is pretty good at fiddling while Rome burns, this is not surprising.
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Hot chicks wearing skimpy clothes cause many more accidents than smoking. What next? Will they ban hot chicks? Maybe send them all to some hot chick island, hotstralia
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