(Cross posted at The Line is Here)
Because of shit like this
The statute was introduced by Florida Rep. Carlos Lopez-Cantera, a Republican from Miami.
His bill requires motorcyclists to "maintain both wheels on the ground at all times."
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"When I saw that, I said, 'I've got to do something -- at least bring attention to it.' "
No, you nanny-statist POS, you don't have to do anything about it. Yeah, it's dangerous, but guess what? Natural selection has a great solution already in place and it doesn't cost the taxpayers a dime.
How can we get it into people's thick skulls that it's not the government's job to keep you safe as an individual. It's not their role to provide you with health care / a house / three square meals a day / etc. It is especially not their role to ensure you live your life in the safest, most banal manner possible.
Why do we grant these idiots (the legislators, not the cycle riders. They're idiots, but ones that really only hurt themselves) any sort of legitimacy? I do not need some pencil pusher in Tallahassee insisting that I live by his or her standard of safety. Each time we allow these maroons to make laws like this, we cede more and more of our freedom and never at any time do we gain anything in return.
Aren't there more pressing issues than trying to regulate stupidity? I mean, wheelies and Truck Nutz are something that require our representatives' attentions why?
rolled out on
Tuesday, May 06, 2008 6:31 PM