Pickup Owners: Do you buckle up?

[Buggs67]

In many cases, unfortunately, enforcing the law is revenue motivated. Thus enforcing a law that was written primarily as a money generator, equals revenue enforcement.

There is son pretty obscure dot stuff that has no safety basis, its just hoops to jump the designed, somewhere, some way, to trip people and fleece a few bucks.. There might be some incidental positive benefit generated , maybee.. But the dollars are obviously the goal.

IDK why they passed the legislation. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and say it was safety.

As far as enforcement I knew of no officer who went out to raise revenue in enforcing the law. You don't like, trust or respect cops, that's OK. Circumvent their supposed goal by obeying the law and deny them their perverse pleasure in collecting revenue. And regardless of you beiefs or feelings, when you call for help, they'll still respond.

 

[Buggs67]

I don't get this thread. It's like "Do you play Russian roulette?"

Not wearing your seat belt is the same thing.

Ralph

I can't play Russian Roulette. I don't own a wheel gun and it just isn't the same with a semi-auto.

 

[k0ua]

I can't play Russian Roulette. I don't own a wheel gun and it just isn't the same with a semi-auto.

yeah, that "one up the pipe" thing kinda cuts down on the odd's doesn't it?

 

[cqaigy2]

I buckle up if im going to go out on the main road. Up to the shop, hop into the pickup and usually don't belt up unless by habit. Tractor i typically do, my ground is not level and pretty rough. I started wearing seat belts after making a high speed turn to the left while driving a car with a bench front seat. My butt slide to the right, off of the seat while i held onto the steering wheel. The slowing down thing came a little later in live. :laughing:

 

[oldpilgrim]

As far as enforcement I knew of no officer who went out to raise revenue in enforcing the law.

many towns have ticketing quotas to be met.

 

[300UGUY]

Natural selection never rests...

Yup, and if they survive, often they end up on state aid. We get to pay for Dawin's failures.

 

[Streetcar]

I can't play Russian Roulette. I don't own a wheel gun and it just isn't the same with a semi-auto.

A few years ago, we had a neighbor whose friends claimed he was playing Russian roulette with semi automatic when he died

 

[Howling]

Seat belts do become a habit. Went to the dump today (transfer station for the PC folk). Found myself buckling up to go from recycling to trash drop off. It is now part of starting the truck.

Heard promo for new car recently aimed at parents with teenagers. The car would not let the radio turn on until the front seat passenger buckled up.

 

[Copperhead]

IDK why they passed the legislation. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and say it was safety.

As far as enforcement I knew of no officer who went out to raise revenue in enforcing the law. You don't like, trust or respect cops, that's OK. Circumvent their supposed goal by obeying the law and deny them their perverse pleasure in collecting revenue. And regardless of you beiefs or feelings, when you call for help, they'll still respond.

Usually too late to be of any use. Like when we almost had a gun battle on my property when coyote hunters were running their dogs thru the property and scaring cattle. Iowa law, I can drop those dogs with impunity if they are "worrying" livestock. Guns were out on both sides, law was called. Showed up 45 minutes later. One deputy in a crowd of 6 with guns out. Yeah, that is real response. If I hadn't had an M-14 with 4 mags ready to go, and the knowledge of a couple of the guys that this was not my first rodeo, not sure that the hunters would have been so contained in their effort to have their way.

It may not be purely for revenue collection that they use seat belt laws to stop motorists. But I do know the they use it as a pretense to go "fishing" for other reasons in the stop.

 

[dragoneggs]

Usually too late to be of any use. Like when we almost had a gun battle on my property when coyote hunters were running their dogs thru the property and scaring cattle. Iowa law, I can drop those dogs with impunity if they are "worrying" livestock. Guns were out on both sides, law was called. Showed up 45 minutes later. One deputy in a crowd of 6 with guns out. Yeah, that is real response. If I hadn't had an M-14 with 4 mags ready to go, and the knowledge of a couple of the guys that this was not my first rodeo, not sure that the hunters would have been so contained in their effort to have their way.

Not a good situation and an understatement on my part. Being prepared is half the battle and the other half is having your wits during.