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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 477062" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Unfortunately, "stupidity" often is not illegal.</p><p>There's just no way to craft enough laws to handle all the stupid stuff people do.</p><p></p><p>The part that isn't fair, is the bias that creeps into the system... favoring or working against, based on income, race, education, or whatever else.</p><p></p><p>Janet - back when I was a kid, we rode in the back of "old" pickups... the kind that couldn't do faster than 50mph if they tried, and really were not worth being in if going over 35. My parents (as kids) used to ride for hundreds of miles in the back of these old pick-up trucks, on heavily rutted roads and bad tires (war-time)... and nobody got hurt... but between the truck, roads, and tires, they averaged about 20mph. Speed kills. Good roads encourage speed and even excessive speed. Good safety systems make recklessness more likely. <sigh> Because you can't legislate "stupidity", the rest of us have to live with a rats-nest of intrusive laws that try to close the loopholes.</p><p></p><p>And yes, here at least, if you have a single-bench pickup, and 4 family members, then somebody has to stay home. "Every passenger must wear a seatbelt, and there must be one seatbelt for each passenger."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 477062, member: 11791"] Unfortunately, "stupidity" often is not illegal. There's just no way to craft enough laws to handle all the stupid stuff people do. The part that isn't fair, is the bias that creeps into the system... favoring or working against, based on income, race, education, or whatever else. Janet - back when I was a kid, we rode in the back of "old" pickups... the kind that couldn't do faster than 50mph if they tried, and really were not worth being in if going over 35. My parents (as kids) used to ride for hundreds of miles in the back of these old pick-up trucks, on heavily rutted roads and bad tires (war-time)... and nobody got hurt... but between the truck, roads, and tires, they averaged about 20mph. Speed kills. Good roads encourage speed and even excessive speed. Good safety systems make recklessness more likely. <sigh> Because you can't legislate "stupidity", the rest of us have to live with a rats-nest of intrusive laws that try to close the loopholes. And yes, here at least, if you have a single-bench pickup, and 4 family members, then somebody has to stay home. "Every passenger must wear a seatbelt, and there must be one seatbelt for each passenger." [/QUOTE]
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