Tuesday, August 7, 2007

Joe Willie On The Shrimpbox: Legislating common sense

Why do we continue to try legislate common sense?
Commons sense tells us that driving without a seat belt is not very smart. More people die in car crashes from being thrown out of the vehicle than from anything else. Yet, we have to make it a law to force people to buckle up. It makes sense to buckle up in pickup trucks, too. Guess what? There's still no law that makes you put on a seat belt in your truck.
Now the lawmakers are talking about the problem with teenage drivers texting while driving.
Do we need another law? Let's just make it the law to use common sense all the time!

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