Comments on: A country with too many laws is effectively a country without any laws

By: Podcast: The Liberty Movement at CPAC and Rand Paul | The Jeff Scott Show

Podcast: The Liberty Movement at CPAC and Rand Paul | The Jeff Scott Show — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 23:37:00 +0000

[...] woman in Maryland was ticketed for driving 63 mph in the left lane of a 65 mph zone. More of this, [...]

By: News of the Week for Mar. 18th, 2013 | The Political Hat

News of the Week for Mar. 18th, 2013 | The Political Hat — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 04:21:15 +0000

[...] A country with too many laws is effectively a country without any laws Too many laws, or laws enforced arbitrarily, simply become a trap for the unwary. Such was the case for a Maryland woman driving on Interstate 95 in bad weather, with wind speeds gusting up to 40 miles per hour. Because the winds were ferociously buffeting her car, the woman (who remains anonymous) dropped her speed from the maximum limit of 65 MPH down to 63 MPH. [...]

By: Traffic Tickets and Chicken Shit | Stately McDaniel Manor

Traffic Tickets and Chicken Shit | Stately McDaniel Manor — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 03:54:44 +0000

[...] favorite Bookworm has an interesting article up about an unfortunate woman in Maryland ticketed to the tune of $90 dollars for a particularly [...]

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:32:28 +0000

“If people cannot know or understand the law, they will lose respect for the law and, eventually, break the law.”

Btw, people aren’t going to break the law come the revolution. They were merely going to kill the people in charge of enforcement, which merely breaks the system, and thus no system, no laws.

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:30:17 +0000

The unions must get their dues somehow, and the easiest way is to ensure that the police have a purpose, on paper, and are funded politically because of that.

When the unions say that there should be a quota, the police chiefs usually follow along, as it makes things easier for the politicians to justify the expense of paying union benefits to the police.

If that means making up crimes out of thin air or prosecuting the non criminals who don’t make hard efforts to avoid prosecution, then so be it. Sacrifices are required in the age of tyranny.

By: Bookworm

Bookworm — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 03:34:29 +0000

I understand all of you who complain about a slow driver in the fast lane. I've made that complaint many times myself.

The problem is that the laws are written to mean that no one can go over the maximum speed limit. Anyone doing so is breaking the law. Anyone going at MPH or even slightly slower is within the law. What this means is that we've created a system where the law breakers are rewarded with a fast lane, while the law abiders risk getting a ticket. Practically, the law abider should stay out of the fast lane. Legally, though, she's not the one who should be ticketed.

The logical answer is to change the law. As it is now, we have a topsy turvey system that rewards scofflaws (even tho' the scofflaws have practicality on their side). This i a dreadfully unhealthy situation, because it destroys respect for the law. The answer when behavior not only can't be changed, but also makes sense, is to change the law, not to punish those who follow it.

By: Mike Devx

Mike Devx — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 02:52:13 +0000

I’m guessing most states have ‘left lane is for passing only’ laws.

Time for just a personal rant: I really don’t like those states that place different maximum speed limits on passenger vehicles and semis. Example: 70 mph, but 65 for semis. I don’t like it, and I think the vast majority of truckers don’t like it either.

So I’m driving cross-country from Texas to Michigan. I’m in one of those 70/65 dual maximum zones. I’m probably traveling at 74… (I know, I know.) Just ahead of me are two semis. The rear semi’s left blinker goes on and he eases over to pass. Crap! Crap! Double-crap!

Because the trucker in front is going 64.8 mph.
And the now-passing trucker is going 65 mph.

So there I am behind him, watching him “pass”, inch by torturous inch. Ten minutes go by, and he still hasn’t completed his pass. Another five minutes go by, and finally, blessedly, he has passed. But the line of vehicles behind him now stretches about an eighth of a mile, forty cars, say. And we’re all grinding our teeth and probably pounding the steering wheel in frustration. Later on, you’ll probably see us all doing 85 to make up for the lost time…

I do blame the truckers, but I can’t blame them *completely*. First, they’re on speed control to conserve as much diesel fuel as they possibly can for the long hauls. But in speaking to a trucker neighbor, he admits that yes, they do this on purpose as well, because they resent the lower speed limit, and will stay within the letter of the law merely to make a point: “Take that!”

By: Charles Martel

Charles Martel — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:47:29 +0000

I try to avoid driving I-5 between San Francisco and Los Angeles because it is such a forlorn stretch of nothing. But when I must, my m.o., like most drivers on that road, is to settle into a steady 80-mile-per-hour pace. I stick as much as possible to the right lane and amuse myself by counting the number of drivers who are far more impatient than I whiz by at 90 or 100 miles per hour.

By: phaedruscj

phaedruscj — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:12:56 +0000

I rarely disagree with Bookworm but in this case I must.
Driving slow in the left lane is dangerous. It is for that reason in fact that Kansas has a law preventing such nonsense.
Law or not driving in the left lane, impeding traffic or not, violates common sense.
Putting peoples lives at risk while complying with the letter but not spirit of law is not OK.

” . . . with wind speeds gusting up to 40 miles per hour. Because the winds were ferociously buffeting her car, .. . ”
40 MPH winds and ferociously buffeting? Seriously!

By: lee

lee — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:28:42 +0000

When I was growing up, where I was growing up, the signs on the interstate read “Keep right except to pass.” And people were ticketed for riding in the left lane; the left lane was for passing ONLY. I think it is a subtle difference, but a GOOD one. I would’ve loved to have seen that on 5.

I HATED driving that road, because MOST drivers seemed to think, “Right lane is for semis, left lean is for ME!” I felt like it was roller derby, driving down to LA–pass as many people as you can. I’d get to the point I would be afraid to pull off to eat or use the bathroom, because I would get STUCK behind the same idiots again…