i agree with you brother, it took me 10 years to wear a seat belt just because i couldnt stand the idea of losing my freedom of choice.
i was working on a gas station years ago, truck and trailer kinda blocking the parking lot while we unloaded. a cop pulled in behind me, i tried to be nice, jumped in my truck, cranked it up, moved it out of the way, he cranked up his sirens, blue lights and all the rest and gave me a ticket, driving without a seatbelt.
that cops parents must be so proud.
In my State of Australia you once could drive up to 25km/h an hour without seat belt on or when reversing.
I remember the days that police could not pull you up unless they had good reason to and for drunk driving they could not test you on the bag unless you did not pass a physical test walking the line, standing on one foot eyes closed and touch your nose etc. people had rights back them days, but the socialist worked at taking all that away but championed foolish rights to the dregs. set up speed cameras in stupid places and hiding them, first came the vans and they were marked to warn all to slow down, then they became a cash cow for the State.
I am all for speed detection in a area that is truly dangerous.
I got done for drunk driving 0.05 just 3 months before the limit was 0.08 and I went again for 0.065 when I was driving to pick up and drive a fuel tanker to drive 4hr that night, them breath testing things are not accurate at all I am sure certainly back then in the 80's but what can you do if the machine claims and they knew it. the idiot tapped away on that machine to get the needle to come up to 0.05 and the 2ed time what a smartass he was making out that he has seen people with a reading 3.50 look stone cooled sober as me.
Now I have driven home from working all day dog tyred every time. 0.05 C'mon ! that's a joke. I wanted to put them to the test in reality, who were they basing their findings on, someone who never drinks ? I am sure ! not seasoned drinkers I am sure of that fact, I have seen people who are wacked on 2 beers 750ml at 4.8% alc and I seen a mate drink 6 of the same within 2hr get pulled up and he was recorded under 0.05 in 1998 he was not drunk at all and I would rather be in the car with him at that or more, than being in a car with others that I know sober any day ! many are shockingly hopeless drivers regardless, that to deal with me at such a reading is a grave insult, if they want to come that nonsense maybe half who are licenced should not be on the road at all.
I put forward educating advanced driving testing for all who renew their Licence and to learn how to control a car when or if it starts to get out of control and what is the Governments response, No ! they came beck with totally stupid rubbish claiming it would only encourage hoons, C'mon ! the clowns have no true concern at all about the key foundations of safety. it's all cash cow related only and spin. same with pollution the State is ranting on with such nonsense but we have cars blowing smoke every were and they made a great deal about VW some years ago with it's emissions not passing a set given standard. but here in Australia people have not a clue over all, we still have a 91 RON octane fuel and that was set go in 2008. now the 2008 base cars are tuned for 95 RON to run at max efficiency, now if the Gov was to be taken serious they would get rid of 91 RON and go E10 as well. 95 RON is much the same as USA 91-92 octane rating system.
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