On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 03:56:58PM -0400, frank theriault wrote: > 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?).
Unfortunately it gives the cops yet another excuse to harrass you if you try and take photographs of anything going on. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
