Check seat belts? Wiper blades? Is there nothing the Peoples’ Republik of Connecticut won’t enforce with government coercion? Do these people really think that seat belts fail so often that a new law must be passed? Or that a driver who realizes his seat belt doesn’t work won’t go to the repair shop to have it fixed without big brother telling them so? Meanwhile politicans ignore the fact that onerous taxes on personal property in Connecticut have incentivized people to keep their junkers on the roads longer, leaking oil and offering less advanced safety features. There has to be a mental disorder for all this liberal looniness, in all seriousness.
I’ve never really heard of too many people having accidents because of unsafe beaters. Most of the people I know drive vehicles that were made somewhere between ’85 and ’95; basically your $1200 car/truck off the classifieds ads. Accidents have happened, but I’ve never heard any of them blame it on the vehicle. It’s always they did something wrong or the other driver (or that deer that crossed the road).
Police already check for things like mirrors, windshield cracks, and lights. People using their parking brake to drive with is pretty easy to pick out. Heck, I’ve even seen them give out tickets for bald tires. Getting under someone’s beater work truck with a mirror telling them that their floor boards are a bit rotted isn’t going to save anyone, it’s just going to irritate a lot of people.
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Check seat belts? Wiper blades? Is there nothing the Peoples’ Republik of Connecticut won’t enforce with government coercion? Do these people really think that seat belts fail so often that a new law must be passed? Or that a driver who realizes his seat belt doesn’t work won’t go to the repair shop to have it fixed without big brother telling them so? Meanwhile politicans ignore the fact that onerous taxes on personal property in Connecticut have incentivized people to keep their junkers on the roads longer, leaking oil and offering less advanced safety features. There has to be a mental disorder for all this liberal looniness, in all seriousness.
I’ve never really heard of too many people having accidents because of unsafe beaters. Most of the people I know drive vehicles that were made somewhere between ’85 and ’95; basically your $1200 car/truck off the classifieds ads. Accidents have happened, but I’ve never heard any of them blame it on the vehicle. It’s always they did something wrong or the other driver (or that deer that crossed the road).
Police already check for things like mirrors, windshield cracks, and lights. People using their parking brake to drive with is pretty easy to pick out. Heck, I’ve even seen them give out tickets for bald tires. Getting under someone’s beater work truck with a mirror telling them that their floor boards are a bit rotted isn’t going to save anyone, it’s just going to irritate a lot of people.