MD Govener Ehrlich and click it or ticket

[AK-74me]

MD Governor Ehrlich and click it or ticket

I Read in the Washington post today that Governor Ehrlich put a stop to state police that were using night vision to look in peoples cars to see if they were wearing their seat belt or not. Seems that the State Police borrowed them from the National Guard just for this purpose. Governor Ehrlich is quoted as saying something along the lines of " this is going too far, we don't need to be getting this involved in people lives". Not wearing your seat belt is a primary offense in MD. I give Ehrlich some credit on this one though sounds like someone is finally using some common sense.

 

[Harry Tuttle]

When the seatbelt law was debated in Annapolis, it was not a primary offense and we were assured it would remain a secondary charge.

 

[Pilgrim]

When the seatbelt law was debated in Annapolis, it was not a primary offense and we were assured it would remain a secondary charge.

When bean counters and do-gooders unite, the sky is the limit.

Pilgrim

 

[Standing Wolf]

...we were assured it would remain a secondary charge.

Yeah, and you were probably told about the tooth faerie and the Easter bunny at some point, too.

...state police that were using night vision to look in peoples cars to see if they were wearing their seat belt or not.

Desperate for entertainment, I guess.

 

[JeepDriver]

Seat belts may save lives, but I don't like to wear one, and I don't. I've even went as far as disableing the chime on my car. All 2005 cars have a chime that keeps going off if you don't buckle your belt. So I removed the female end of the belt and closed that circuit with a butt connector!

I have always been opposed to the seat belt law, it just dosen't seem right to me. The idea that the state can tell us what to do in our cars is really annoying to me. How long before they try and push that even further to our private property? All in the name of safety. How many more freedoms can we stand to loose?

It may be paranoid, but I just don't feel that is is a good idea to have a law that forces people to wear a seat belt, it just opens doors to other intrusive laws IMO.

 

[crofrog]

hella 550's vs PVS-7

I saw what I think was a unit using the NVG's before I drove by I saw them and flipped on my driving lamps. 4 hella 550's + highs and lows. I hope I burned out their scope.

 

[ZenMasterJG]

crofrog: at least you gave that guy one heck of a headache

 

[Johnnybgood]

I think it was more

of the $75 per ticket, lets see how many tickets we can get to increase our funds. Just a thought.

 

[dasmi]

I saw what I think was a unit using the NVG's before I drove by I saw them and flipped on my driving lamps. 4 hella 550's + highs and lows. I hope I burned out their scope.

That'll teach 'em

 

[pcf]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/06/AR2005060601865.html

Suprise, suprise the hard working Nannies of Montegomery County keeping the sheeple safe. Rapes and Murders have been on the rise. Not really about sure about assaults, felony convictions down, but that's probably due to reclassification to misdemeanors. Oh well, at least we're safe in our cars.