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Do you fault the officer for giving you a ticket for speeding as well, because he should have known that your brain doesnt agree with that law... ???
You can try and argue what ever form of backwards logic you want, dragging out laws that are probally older than your grandfather as some form of justification, or that somehow, tickling your mom, is on the same level of silly ludicrousness as crossing a double yellow line and passing a car...
What happens if you decide to split the lane, and spook some old lady in a towncar because you werent supposed to be there, and she swerves and takes you out....
Is it her fault or yours?
At the end of the day, what is being done, is you breaking the law... Its not up to you if its enforced by officers, or looked upon well by the masses, or if it even makes sense...
Would you let a Cager do 153 mph and fly up your butt while your cruising around on your bike? Keep in mind, your average sports car can actually stop faster than your average sport bike.... car ~125 ft 60mph-0(ls2 pontiac gto GM SPEC) vs sport bike ~146ft 60mph-0 (600CC BANDIT sport rider magazine experimental)
Something tells me, if we flipped the cars and bikes in that video, we would all be having a very different conversation right now..
Do I fault the cop? meh... Not really, he is just doing his job, which is, creating revenue for the state so that he can KEEP his job. Will he begrudge me when he comes into the Emergency Room doubled over in pain because of a probable kidney stone and I wait for orders from my ER doctor prior to starting an IV line on him to give him much appreciated narcotic pain medication to reduce his pain? I hope not because the LAW STATES than I cannot start an IV unless ordered by a doctor.
We can both follow the books to the T, it won't hurt me one bit Anyone that has had a kidney stone knows exactly what I am talking about as well. Most nurses however start the IVL, tell the doctor "Hey, he probably has a kidney stone, you might want to go in there." Then proceed to pull what they know will be given, which of course, is to some extent, bending rules, shall I say.
Granted, there are "standing orders" that allow us nurses to work a little more efficiently than sitting around waiting for orders, but.. that's a whole 'nother topic.
My last ticket from a good ol' state trooper was on Thanksgiving Morning, after working 12 hours I was going home, felt good to be on a busy highway with absolutely ZERO traffic, when I come over the crest of a hill and BAM, there he is. 74 in a 60. He was nice, I was nice. Do I consider him a jerk? Meh... No. Was it a BS oppurtunistic ticket? You betcha.
If I pass an old lady and she swerves and hits me, it is my fault.
a) Thou shalt not spook old women, they are dangerous.
b) I don't lane split, I think it's nuts, I haven't had to. IF I DID have to however. Though shalt split lanes only when cars are at a stop. If she swerves and hits me when she was initially stopped, then yes I would be pissed.
c) Thou shalt not go so slow as to allow said old woman's reflexes get the best of you. By the time that old bat figured out what just happened, I will be in a safe zone
Lets see here, if I had a Corvette fly up my arse like that, I would feel bad for slowin 'em down. Car or bike, if they are being fairly responsible then no, I wouldn't care. As someone mentioned above, crossing yellow lines in the middle of a blind curve, running wide on a curve, are stupid decisions that generally put someone ELSE in danger. There are PLENTY, and I mean PLENTY, of roads here where
a) There are dashed lines, allowing for safe passing, that I wouldn't pass because I feel it is unsafe
b) Double yellows on a road that is flat, straight, with perfect visibility that have me
You are right though, I am using shameful, bad logic. I shouldn't THINK about the laws, but blindly follow them - why? Because Uncle Sam and Congress are ALWAYS RIGHT, ALWAYS FAIR, and ALWAYS JUST. Why, we should all be doing EXACTLY 55MPH on all nationwide highways because it is believed to
a) Save millions of barrels of oil due to increased fuel economy.
b) Prevent accidents caused by HEINOUS speeding.
So lets get away from the archaic laws that are still on the books and find NEW events that leave us feeling swollen with pride... Mind you, the "Blue Laws," as archaic and barbaric as they are, are still enforced....
"Posted on Wednesday, September 9th, 2009 by Danny
Ah, you’ve got to love the ineptitude and inefficiency of government. Seriously, you have to, it’s the law.
Police in Louisiana are no longer using their speed cameras because it kept pulling over a government vehicle, according to TheNewspaper.com.
Specifically, the camera kept giving tickets to the speed camera van and eventually had its ticket overturned by the local police. Where I come from, that’s called not setting a good example…and I’m from Louisiana.
Eventually the local government gave up on the project because of “a recent series of events.†They didn’t say how recent."
Maybe this is one that we should adamantly follow:
"Posted by Danny on August 23, 2009
Adoption is the most noble and selfless thing a human being can do. Taking someone who desperately needs to be loved in the most innocent person is, in my mind, the greatest expression of love in this cold universe.
So why, according to TIME, do some states have a law forbidding atheists from adopting?"
I can go at this all day
Stop asking what is right or wrong, but ask WHY something is right or wrong.