Thursday, October 18, 2012

Safety Corridors or Stealth Tax Cooridors?

Hi all! I've been away visiting family for the past week...had a GREAT time, but now I'm back and ready to speak the truth (well at least the truth as I see it). Anyway...has anyone experienced the wonder of "safety corridors" on the highway? 
 Highway Safety Corridor sign
What a joke!!! It was my experience that every time the cars around me hit the "safety" corridor they continued at the same speed (which was usually above said posted speed limit). In fact I think if someone actually slowed down to meet the "safe" speed they would end up causing an accident. And not only did the speed stay at an above the limit posted but the insanity of tailgating, whizzing in and out of traffic, and not using signals continued as well.

Can anyone tell me how driving on a long stretch of highway is safer at 60 MPH rather than 70 MPH? It is obviously set to catch out people (at the police's convenience) to give them tickets. I see no other reason behind it...certainly not safety...even when entering large cities and the speed limit drops to between 55 and 60 MPH people don't slow down...again if they did it would probably end up causing an accident. And if it really is about safety why raise the fines in these areas? Shouldn't fines be the same all over and police be as attentive for all breakers of the law if "safety" is really the guiding issue? I wonder if the police don't get ticked off every time some do-gooder politician decides to mandate some new "revenue raising scheme" to make citizens dislike them all the more?

I have no problem with the police enforcing laws, but I bet most officers would rather be serving and protecting citizens in a useful way rather than sitting around babysitting drivers (most of whom are doing their best to be safe). Wouldn't it be better if they pulled over all the tailgaters, non directional users while lane changing, or the crazies who zig-zag in and out of traffic? Perhaps if the dangerous driving was corrected speed wouldn't matter.

No matter how the "scientists" and "safety loving" politicians (societal control freaks) try and sell this idea to me, I just don't buy it. Safety cooridors are stealth tax areas plain and simple. It's just one more way that citizens give up their freedoms and have allowed themselves to be "parented" rather than governed. Resistance has been ignored for too long. Can we ever get our freedoms back when the stealing of them has been put under the guise of "public safety?" 
...Just asking the question.



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