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Old 10-26-2009, 07:35 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by OCDACTIVE View Post
Givia,

While I agree that we should have laws that should protect the public I am against repetition of laws. Where one law isn't needed if already covered by another. Hence the safe and prudent coast guard law.

You can not control common sense.

For example how more obvious do you need to make it for someone to wear their lanyard? It is this Long red thing hanging next to the key. If that isn't a big enough flag then certainly a law will not make that person put it on.

Same thing for the seat belt laws. While I believe in wearing mine all the time and feel there should be a law for children for they may need adults to exercise common sense for them, a person who does not want to wear it won't whether there is a law or not.

Now we have to ask ourselves do we want time, effort, and resources going towards laws that are not enforceable (like the lanyards) or going to major issues like BUI's?
Just like Seat Belts in the car. I have friends who Will Not put on the belt. I ask them "whats up with that"....and I have Never gotten an answer. They just wander over to some other subject. I don't press it. NB
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