On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 3:17 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> http://www.nppa.org/news_and_events/news/2008/10/safety.html
>
> I hate this stuff.
>
Personally, I think those vests look rather jaunty.
;-)
Okay, seriously, you wouldn't catch me dead in one of those. Perhaps
dead without one ('cause the car couldn't see me), but I hope never to
have to don one of those things.
I don't think this has anything to do with any "nanny states" though.
My take is that it's about federal versus state funding and about who
bears liability in the event of an incident. It's about an overly
litigious society that has to protect its ass against every possible
contingency lest it gets its ass hauled into court for a multi-million
dollar lawsuit. It's about whose deep pocket will get picked by some
slug who was on the roadway not wearing a bright vest (why didn't you
~make~ me wear a vest Mr. or Ms. Legislator?).
BTW, you say Nanny State like it's a bad thing...
;-)
cheers,
frank
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