[Charles Nungester]

Originally Posted by Motormasher It doesn't matter Cecil, they screw the trucks whether they are speeding or not. It isn't uncommon to get a ticket in Ohio for going 57mph in a truck. I never went to Ohio with my truck and frankly don't care about anybody east of the Indiana line. I don't go to any races there either.

Should we jsut line our cannons up on the state line?

No, Your right, You could be going 80 and pass a truck and that state boy is going for the truck in ohio. UNLESS as explained earlyer it's a holiday Federally subsidized Seatbelt/DUI enforcement time.

Why? The truck fines are about 5-10 times those of a four wheeler.

Chuck, who's last two tickets were in Indiana

[chrismattlin]

If seatbelt laws are for the public's safety, then why do we send hundreds of thousands of kids to school everyday on schoolbuses without seatbelts?

Here's to the police, and our legislators who make the term "democracy" more and more of a joke everyday.

[cecil98]

Originally Posted by chrismattlin If seatbelt laws are for the public's safety, then why do we send hundreds of thousands of kids to school everyday on schoolbuses without seatbelts? Here's to the police, and our legislators who make the term "democracy" more and more of a joke everyday.

I've never, yet, gotten any politician to give me a rational explanation of why you have to wear a seatbelt in your car but, it's perfectly ok to go home, park the car and jump on your motorcycle. Oh, and throw your 10 year old kid on the back of it while your at it. UNBELIEVABLE!! Tell me it isn't about money. Plain and simple another tax on the working stiffs.

[REH24]

Originally Posted by cecil98 I've never, yet, gotten any politician to give me a rational explanation of why you have to wear a seatbelt in your car but, it's perfectly ok to go home, park the car and jump on your motorcycle. Oh, and throw your 10 year old kid on the back of it while your at it. UNBELIEVABLE!! Tell me it isn't about money. Plain and simple another tax on the working stiffs.

It is called "Big Insurance Companies" has their hands in the policticians pockets. Using seat belts means less injuries which means less medical expenses that the insurance companies has to pay out, so get the politicians to pass a law making the use of them mandatory.

Not only is there no mandatory law for buses there also isn't any law for mandatory compliance for passengers in RV's to use seat belts.

REH

[Z-man]

Originally Posted by cecil98 I've never, yet, gotten any politician to give me a rational explanation of why you have to wear a seatbelt in your car but, it's perfectly ok to go home, park the car and jump on your motorcycle. Oh, and throw your 10 year old kid on the back of it while your at it. UNBELIEVABLE!! Tell me it isn't about money. Plain and simple another tax on the working stiffs.

SOOOO!!!! this is really about you wanting a ban on motorcycles.:O: Whats next? A ban on owning a gun? And since the topic is about the government and Lawrenceburg, it was pointed out to me Saturday that one of the 50/50 girls looks like Sarah Palin. Anyone here think that Cheri can field dress a moose?

[cecil98]

Originally Posted by REH24 It is called "Big Insurance Companies" has their hands in the policticians pockets. Using seat belts means less injuries which means less medical expenses that the insurance companies has to pay out, so get the politicians to pass a law making the use of them mandatory. REH

but, allowing people to go out on a bike and get their @ss busted by a deer, drunk or simply, someone who didn't see them, doesn't cost "big insurance" anything? Seems to me "big insurance" could get motorcycles banned, as well. Why not helmets required in an automobile? That would save a bunch more lives and injuries. However, rather than making all of these stupid, irrational laws, I would just prefer to get government out of my life and let me make the decision on seat belts, motorcycles, helmets, tobacco, etc. They need to build roads, armies, police departments and fire departments.

[ronmil]

Originally Posted by cecil98 a couple of years ago I was at the Iron Skillet(sp?) truck stop restaurant in New Point, Indiana having a bite to eat. There were a group of truckers sitting there talking about how terrible it is to drive through Ohio because of the "chicken sh!d" law enforcement (as they put it). Everyone of them, to a T, agreed that they hate it when their route takes them through Ohio and that they avoid going into Ohio whenever possible. I know there is an enormous amount of "revenue generation" going on in the greater Cincinnati area (especially on I-71). Radio station WLW700 even encourages people to call in when they go through, or see, "revenue generation traps", they'll then inform the drivers where this activity is going on.

Cecil,

Could that Iron Skillet possibly be at New Paris instead of New Point, IN? There is one located at the Indiana/Ohio border on US40 near Richmond, IN.
I have heard that Ohio is one of the worst states to drive through because of the potential for receiving a ticket. I watch my P's and Q's very carefully when driving in the Buckeye state. So far it has worked.

[Charles Nungester]

Originally Posted by Z-man SOOOO!!!! this is really about you wanting a ban on motorcycles.:O: Whats next? A ban on owning a gun? And since the topic is about the government and Lawrenceburg, it was pointed out to me Saturday that one of the 50/50 girls looks like Sarah Palin. Anyone here think that Cheri can field dress a moose?

Section A will pay to watch.

I worked for 4 years as a Jail Officer. I can tell you it's about money and power, always has been. I could tell you stories for days as to what I witnessed in a small town.

I got my CDL in April and have driven very little as a truck driver yet I have been pulled over 4 times. I was told by a former DOT officer who trains companies to comply with DOT laws that Indiana is a testing ground and that Mitch Daniels (who worked for Bush during his first term) hired a former Fed Dept of Trans. guy to bring all of this in. It's going to get much worse my friends. They want everything transported by corporate owned trucks, no more owner operators. If you exceed 10,000 lbs they own you. In the future they plan to make everyone attend 120 hours of classroom training just to get your CDL and of course you will have to have a physical and be drug tested.

We have become a nation of lawsuits, lawyers and legislators. There is no such thing really as a Democrat or Republican. They take sides on a few issues to keep everyone divided. They brainwash many people with that TV. I can show you proof that they are destroying the economy so they can introduce a new currency. Not sure what's going to happen in the coming months but hang on.

[REH24]

Originally Posted by cecil98 but, allowing people to go out on a bike and get their @ss busted by a deer, drunk or simply, someone who didn't see them, doesn't cost "big insurance" anything? Seems to me "big insurance" could get motorcycles banned, as well. Why not helmets required in an automobile? That would save a bunch more lives and injuries. However, rather than making all of these stupid, irrational laws, I would just prefer to get government out of my life and let me make the decision on seat belts, motorcycles, helmets, tobacco, etc. They need to build roads, armies, police departments and fire departments.

That is exactly why when people go to the voting polls they should do some research on the candidates instead of voting by name recognizition, party affiliation, or he is a friend of friend etc. I agreed "Big Government" is in to much of our lives and the only way to change that is to get new people into government office and if they screw up then vote them out.

REH