Auto safety laws tend to be common sense items. If common sense must be legislated, why not make the penalties unbearably high so as to truly discourage the behavior? The truth of the matter is that most of these laws simply wind up being money makers for the jurisdictions involved, and do little to stop inattentive drivers from being inattentive in any other manner they choose. I don’t dispute the need for laws in many cases, but again, I believe the point made in the cartoon is valid.
Auto safety laws tend to be common sense items. If common sense must be legislated, why not make the penalties unbearably high so as to truly discourage the behavior? The truth of the matter is that most of these laws simply wind up being money makers for the jurisdictions involved, and do little to stop inattentive drivers from being inattentive in any other manner they choose. I don’t dispute the need for laws in many cases, but again, I believe the point made in the cartoon is valid.