Showing posts with label GPS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label GPS. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

No more laws!

There's been a lot of talk lately about how we "need" more laws. People across the country are head-over-heels for news laws & have been for some time. On any given day, it's hard to not hear an argument as to why we "need" new laws about texting while driving, owning guns, putting GPS units on criminals & even laws to force Facebook to go back to previous incarnations. Such claims are simply ridiculous in many ways. The world is not your keeper or your babysitter or your mom or your etiquette maven. We have so many laws right now that we can't even enforce them all -- just ask anyone who has ever been a victim of a crime; Many criminals who face prosecution get a mere slap on the wrist for their wrongs except in extraordinary circumstances.

We have laws to punish you for driving like an idiot. They're called traffic laws & there are many on the books all across the nation. Things like DUI or careless/reckless driving can cost a person their drivers license temporarily or permanently. Violations of these laws (and others) are created with provisions for prison terms & extremely high fines. Clearly they aren't properly enforced or else every fool on a cell phone (or eating a hamburger or watching a movie or playing with the GPS) would be severely punished for dangerous driving, property damage & especially injuries to persons.