[seruzawa]

...Buy Soap-on-a-Rope now before the rush.

The Associated Press: Puerto Rico Passes Strict Motorcycle Law

Note the .02 alcohol limit. This is insane.

Welcome to the Brave New World. Coming to a State near you soon. Joe Sixpack and Sally Soccer, sitting in front of their TV watching "Friends", don't care. In fact they will cheer for this. They're jealous of you and fear anything different and, like crabs in a bucket, will pull down anyone who seems to be escaping a life as miserable as theirs.

Don't forget to take your soma.

Given the current political climate this is inevitable. Heck, you can be arrested for smoking in your own backyard in the Land of the Free now.

 

[seruzawa]

Hey.

Isn't that something? I think they just effectivly killed the beach scooter rental business there....what the hell, it's only a couple of hundred people thrown out of work and a few million bucks in tax revenue...

As long as the sheeple feel safe and think they're going to save a buck who cares? Freedom is too messy. We don't need any more of that around these parts.

 

[seruzawa]

The safety issue...

It's interesting you should say that. I was considering making the same analogy on the thread about the stupid FL law. In particular when one post said something to the effect of: "The simple solution is to not go 30 mph over the speed limit or ride like an a**hole." I HATE that argument..."If you aren't a terrorist, why should care if the government is tapping your phone lines?"

... is a smoke screen. The real motivating force behind all this is simply the raw desire for power over others by petty and not-so-petty tyrants. It's not just would-be Hitlers to be concerned about. After all Hitler or Stalin would be powerless without the millions of follwers who were so willing and eager to oppress their fellow citizens. The same is true today. Each year we are faced with more stupid pointless laws, each backed by more and more draconian threats. Unless the industry gets smart and organizes to resist these attacks it will be severely regulated.

 

[seruzawa]

yeah yeah but it's puerto rico.. I live 30 miles east of PR. Trust me. It won't be enforced.

Scene: A graveyard.

(whistling sound)

 

[seruzawa]

I'm the one that said that about the 30 over law in Fla.

The bottom line is that harsh fines for 30 over is fairly lenient compared to most other states if you care to look it up.

I have no problem with fines for extreme speeding. But why single out bikes? Cars and trucks have magnitiudes more mass and are far more dangerous at speed. Why aren't they being forfeited too? Answer: Too many of them.

The whole thing is ridiculous. What about the .02 limit? Same thing applies. Again, a car is far more dangerous than a motorcycle. What about all those people on prozac, vallium, percodan, benadryl, etc? They are far more impaired then some guy at .02. Many of those drugs don't affect reaction time but completely destroy one's understanding of consequences.

These politicians are simply morons. All this law is is grandstanding in an election year. Motorcyclists are a small minority that is already disliked generally. Easy to screw with. The crabs are reaching out to make sure we don't climb out of the bucket.