I was reading an article in the HB that stated that:
Quote. . .A violation of the seat belt law is a Class A infraction, which could cost up to $10,000 in fines. It's the same fine as riding inside of a vehicle without a seat belt. . .
Bet you wear that seatbelt now!
http://heraldbulletin.com/local/x187426936/Riding-in-bed-of-pickup-is-illegal (http://heraldbulletin.com/local/x187426936/Riding-in-bed-of-pickup-is-illegal)
Seems kind of harsh to me. . . :spooked:
That's VERY harsh!
When did it get that high? Last I knew it was only up to $500
Probably increased it to help generate revenue for the state and city. . . Jackasses! :rant:
No doubt and now they'll be fining everyone. Don't remember who was telling me but I was told that if it's a passenger who isn't wearing the seat belt they fine them as well as the driver now.
Quote from: Palehorse on September 12, 2010, 12:37:49 PM
Probably increased it to help generate revenue for the state and city. . . Jackasses! :rant:
Another over reach by a "feel good" do gooder" judicial system. Giving the cops more power to intimidate and make more money for the state and the LAWYERS. Just how many people have been killed falling out of a pickup truck. More people die falling out of bed.
More to the point, given the state of the economy here in Anderson, I wonder just how many folks will lose their house and become indigent over the draconian fines these jackasses are imposing for not wearing a seatbelt? :rant: :rant:
Quote from: Palehorse on September 12, 2010, 07:07:55 PM
More to the point, given the state of the economy here in Anderson, I wonder just how many folks will lose their house and become indigent over the draconian fines these jackasses are imposing for not wearing a seatbelt? :rant: :rant:
This law was defintily made by the lawyers. The fine is so high, you will have to hire a lawyer to keep from losing your assets. Hell, drunk driving isn't this expensive. I'm surprised that they didn't make it a felony to.
Oh, one more thing, the town board of Lapel, Indiana put in their law, if you don't get a licence tag for your golf cart. They can levey a fine up to $10,000. They charge you $40 a year and the town cops check it for brakes, break lights, turn singals and SEAT BELTS. The cops use the money to go the the gun range and burn the money up in ammuniion. Better to kill you with one shot. And to buy uniforms for the Want a Be's. Who work free. What a police force.
The state will let you drive it, golf cart free, if you put a slow moving vehicle sign on it.
I'm confused. ;D As a result of this article, I decided to look up the seatbelt fine for my state and took a look at Indiana too. I guess "up to" could mean anywhere between $25 and $10,000?
http://www.iihs.org/laws/SafetyBeltUse.aspx#IN
Quote from: Sandy Eggo on September 13, 2010, 06:00:32 AM
I'm confused. ;D As a result of this article, I decided to look up the seatbelt fine for my state and took a look at Indiana too. I guess "up to" could mean anywhere between $25 and $10,000?
http://www.iihs.org/laws/SafetyBeltUse.aspx#IN
See what I said, it's a lawyer written law. You go to court in the Madison County Court and with the dumbass judges we have had and we have now. LIke the judge in the milk plant land deal. You got to hire a lawyer because you never know what the assholes will do.
My cousin and I were in Indy one day last winter and were stopped by an officer who said we were in a "mobile restraint zone" and my cousin, the driver wasn't wearing her seat belt. The officer wrote her a ticket and it was $25, said how much it was on the ticket. Maybe the fine goes up if it is in addition to another infraction or if you go to court.
Quote from: Anne on September 13, 2010, 05:00:15 PM
My cousin and I were in Indy one day last winter and were stopped by an officer who said we were in a "mobile restraint zone" and my cousin, the driver wasn't wearing her seat belt. The officer wrote her a ticket and it was $25, said how much it was on the ticket. Maybe the fine goes up if it is in addition to another infraction or if you go to court.
And you weren't arrested or ticketed for having kids in the back of your pickup.
Nope, we were in her new Caddy.
You trust the city of Anderson to follow suit, or do you think they'll take advantage of the "up to" clause and run the numbers skyward? :rolleyes:
I wouldn't worry as much about Anderson as I would Edgewood. Those guys are jerks.
Quote from: me on September 14, 2010, 02:28:51 AM
I wouldn't worry as much about Anderson as I would Edgewood. Those guys are jerks.
Could it be cop can be jerks, cops will be jerks or as I think all cops are jerks. Even after they have retired.
Quote from: The Troll on September 14, 2010, 07:58:15 AM
Could it be cop can be jerks, cops will be jerks or as I think all cops are jerks. Even after they have retired.
There you go calling the whole bunch bad because some are again. Does that mean all old men are jerks 'cause you are?
Must everything be a pissing match twixt you two? :rolleyes:
I've ridden in the back of a truck and remember a time where we lined a friend's truck bed w/a huge sheet if clear plastic tarp (or whatever it's called), filled the bed w/water, climbed in and rode around town like that :biggrin: I was 17ish and that was a blast. We'd ride down to the river almost everyday one summer in another friends truck. Having a bed on the truck meant everyone could go. ;D As an adult, I'd never put my children in the bed of a truck and if someone else did it, then a huge fine would be the least of their problems. It's a very dangerous action. I have seen trucks w/seatbelts in the back and that I wouldn't have a problem with.
Quote from: me on September 14, 2010, 10:23:27 AM
There you go calling the whole bunch bad because some are again. Does that mean all old men are jerks 'cause you are?
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I find that the older I get and most old men, the more mellow we get. But we do find the there are a whole lot of old women who are jerks. If you don't believe me, just check with some of the old men you know. It seem that with age women really become self serving Jerks. But as you see when we, old men, find them, we will act like jerks toward them and treat them like jerks. And "ME" you are a Republican Jerk.
Constantly writting checks with your mouth, that your ass can't cash. WOW! A life time job in a Chinese auto plant. WOW! :bliss: :bliss: :bliss:
Quote from: Sandy Eggo on September 14, 2010, 10:50:03 AM
I've ridden in the back of a truck and remember a time where we lined a friend's truck bed w/a huge sheet if clear plastic tarp (or whatever it's called), filled the bed w/water, climbed in and rode around town like that :biggrin: I was 17ish and that was a blast. We'd ride down to the river almost everyday one summer in another friends truck. Having a bed on the truck meant everyone could go. ;D As an adult, I'd never put my children in the bed of a truck and if someone else did it, then a huge fine would be the least of their problems. It's a very dangerous action. I have seen trucks w/seatbelts in the back and that I wouldn't have a problem with.
A friend of ours bolted bucket seats to his pickup truck bed and had a camper shell and when they went camping his kids would ride in the bed of the truck. Sometimes, but not often, they would put them back there without the camper shell for short trips around town and the kids thought that was a blast. Don't know if that would even be acceptable now though.
Quote from: me on September 14, 2010, 12:16:14 PM
A friend of ours bolted bucket seats to his pickup truck bed and had a camper shell and when they went camping his kids would ride in the bed of the truck. Sometimes, but not often, they would put them back there without the camper shell for short trips around town and the kids thought that was a blast. Don't know if that would even be acceptable now though.
Over kill law. The only kids or people hurt riding in the back of a pickup are standing up or setting on the tailgate, which we all know is stupid.
But then again I seen a small child fall out of a grocery cart on his head, knocking him cold and the last I seen of him and his mother was as they the medics carried out of the store. He was standing in the cart. About three week ago, a kid was standing up in a cart at Mejiers jumping up and down. His mother didn't seem to care. I went over to her and told her what I had seen with that other kid. She grabbed him made him sit down in the seat and when we left the store he was still sitting there. These mothers don't know what a fall fo 4 ft. on concrete will do to a kids head.
Troll, I see that all of the time and it drives me insane. I didn't see it happen, but a little girl tipped a cart over and was seriously hurt. Dumb move on her parent's part, but I wonder if they sued the store.
Probably get more money from suing the producers of the Jackass movie!
We had something happen here in town at the Subway Sandwich shop. A young kid was standing out in the aisle and he was swing with his arms off of two tables when he took a nose dive into the concrete floor.
Hitting himself square on the nose and front of his face. The fall was so great, it broke his nose, driving a piece of into his brain. From what we have heard. He is brain damaged, lost the sight in one eye and crushed the socket of one eye. He was LifeLined to Indianapolis.
My wife said, when she was working at the library, that she had to constantly stop the kids from doing it there and the kid's parent where in the library and could have stopped them. You never know what is going to happen when it comes to kids.