Vents: Random Acts of Venting!

[Exterminator]

I guess there MUST be a fine line here then..............what is to stop police for having a sobriety check....and have dogs there with them.....IF a dog indicates drugs is present.....they THEN have reasonable cause for search and seizure......and personally, I see no difference...IF driving drunk or possessing illegal drugs....BOTH are against the law...this is only allowing the Police to expedite their job.

and, doing this at someones home WOULD be wrong...but driving is not a right, but a privilege....and IF someone does not want to jeopardize themselves, then they do NOT have to drive.

Is there no part of the Constitution that you're not willing to shit on?

[Mr442]

PH, it's all about generating revenue for the state.  Any and all infractions result in fines.

[Palehorse]

PH, it's all about generating revenue for the state.  Any and all infractions result in fines.

Yup! 

[Exterminator]

Absolutely...just paid my high speed driving tax on Wednesday!

[Anne]

Last winter my cousin and I were driving on I69 to Indy to go to lunch and were pulled over by the police. We weren't speeding and as far as we knew her car was ok. When the officer came up to the window he told us we were in a mobile restraint zone. My cousin had fotgotten to fasten her seat belt. I didn't think they could stop you for that.

[Bo D]

Last winter my cousin and I were driving on I69 to Indy to go to lunch and were pulled over by the police. We weren't speeding and as far as we knew her car was ok. When the officer came up to the window he told us we were in a mobile restraint zone. My cousin had fotgotten to fasten her seat belt. I didn't think they could stop you for that.

In Indiana, the seal belt laws are classified as primary. Yes .. they can stop you for that.

http://www.statehighwaysafety.org/html/stateinfo/bystate/in.html

[Anne]

Seems like stopping the guy going 80 mph would be a little more important than stopping someone because they didn't have their seat belt on.

[Bo D]

Seems like stopping the guy going 80 mph would be a little more important than stopping someone because they didn't have their seat belt on.

When you go fishing, do you catch all of the fish?

[pariann]

Seems like stopping the guy going 80 mph would be a little more important than stopping someone because they didn't have their seat belt on.

And they say...if the guy going 80 mph hits you....you stand a better chance of survival if you have the seat belt on.  (Personally, I hate seatbelts and would take the ticket every time if I didn't have to set an example for my kids.)

[Anne]

When you go fishing, do you catch all of the fish?

I don't fish, but no you wouldn't, it just seems easier to see someone speeding than to look for someone without a seatbelt. I always wear my seatbelt and make sure my passengers do too. I guess this falls under the heading of why they make my 90 year old aunt who is in a wheel chair and weighs all of 80 pounds take off her shoes and pat her down at the airport. I know everyone has to take their shoes off now, but back then they didn't and were letting lots of middle aged and young men pass through without checking them. They didn't check me either.

[Elaine]

i always float right thru the airport security.  must be my honest face.
but my 73 year old mother was stopped because she set off the alarm.  turned out it was her jewelry.  but those einsteins took close to 30 minutes to figure it out.  finally i said, why dont you take off the earrings and stuff, see if that works, barney fife said,-- we have this maam,--
i said --i see that you sure do officer dumbass, --mom took em off, and walked right thru.
i think i peed on barneys day. 

[LOsborne]

Wonder how soon we'll all need to carry 4 or 5 pieces of ID with us in order to go visit grandma in another state???? or driven cycles, bicycles, etc. on interstate highways; best interests of public safety.

Speaking of Producing Your Papers, have y'all seen the documentation you will need next time you renew your drivers license? You need three: 1) either a passport or your birth certificate; 2) either your social security card or your last W-2; 3) either a utility bill or a bank statement, mailed to your current address within the last sixty days.

Now, how many of you can lay hands on these right now? Hardly anybody has both a birth certificate and a social security card where they can find it. I verify citizenship for employees routinely, and often new hires are lucky to find one of them. (I give instructions on how to contact the clerk's office or the nearest Social Security Administration office all the time. Tip: you can get a duplicate SS card for free; the birth certificate will cost you anywhere from $5 to $60, depending upon how greedy your local government is.)

And those of us who bank on-line -- because the post office can't be trusted to get mail to right zip code, let alone the right street -- don't get utility bills and bank statements thru the mail.

Final insult: once you have produced all these documents and applied for your license, you will get a temporary license, good for 14 days. Your real license will be mailed to you -- by means of that ever-trustworthy U.S. Postal Service.

So now I'm on a time-table. I must overthrow the government before my next license renewal is due.

[pariann]

I could lay my hands on all three in about a minute.  And it would only take me that long because I need to go into the living room to get my SS card from my purse.

But I'm considering not renewing my license when it's time to renew.   That will be in 2012......and I understand that things are supposed to change drastically for those of us on Earth that year.  Probably won't need to do any driving.

[me]

Speaking of Producing Your Papers, have y'all seen the documentation you will need next time you renew your drivers license? You need three: 1) either a passport or your birth certificate; 2) either your social security card or your last W-2; 3) either a utility bill or a bank statement, mailed to your current address within the last sixty days.

Now, how many of you can lay hands on these right now? Hardly anybody has both a birth certificate and a social security card where they can find it. I verify citizenship for employees routinely, and often new hires are lucky to find one of them. (I give instructions on how to contact the clerk's office or the nearest Social Security Administration office all the time. Tip: you can get a duplicate SS card for free; the birth certificate will cost you anywhere from $5 to $60, depending upon how greedy your local government is.)

And those of us who bank on-line -- because the post office can't be trusted to get mail to right zip code, let alone the right street -- don't get utility bills and bank statements thru the mail.

Final insult: once you have produced all these documents and applied for your license, you will get a temporary license, good for 14 days. Your real license will be mailed to you -- by means of that ever-trustworthy U.S. Postal Service.

So now I'm on a time-table. I must overthrow the government before my next license renewal is due.

Just think....all an illegal has to do is go have those documents printed up and he's in business....   Who the heck do they think they're kidding all that documentation isn't going to help a thing it's only going to make it hard on those of us who shouldn't have to put up with all that hassle. 

[Anne]

Bet most of them don't bother, just drive without a license. They can use their Mexican ID when they need a picture ID.