So last night my stepson was driving a bunch of us out to the bar in my fiancee's sisters van which had a headlight out. He texts us on his way home he got pulled over for the headlight and got a simple fix-it ticket. Then he picks us up with the same van and gets pulled over with a vanload of drunks for the same headlight again. He shows the officer the fix-it ticket and is sent on his way. We were talking about this and my stepsons friend said the other day he got pulled over for his tail lights being out (all of them) and because he was weaving on the road. The officer does a sobriety check (which is pretty funny since this kid has a liver condition, if he drinks it will more than likely kill him). So he passes the sobriety check and when the cop tell him he was weaving he tells the guy he was sleepy and nodding off. He gets a fix-it ticket and is sent on his way.
My fiancees ex husband just got his 6th dui 2 months ago...he is still driving, they never took his license. And he has never done jail time despite being a gross repeat offender.
Now, play those same scenerios while driving your truck...I see a pile of csa points, the possibility of several fines, a couple oos, and a loss of license for life. It was then I realized how coddled the 4 wheeling public is. It's no wonder the vast majority of accidents are the fault of the 4 wheeler driver. I'd like to see some of these folks have to drive under our rules some time.
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4 wheelers get breaks because there's no "serious" money enforcing the same driving rules on them (lights out, turn signals, etc) as there is on us. How many of these SUV's have you seen with a "chronic" problem of one or more tail lights out? Chevy Tracker for one. I've seen service bulletins that mention this, but is it enforced? No....why not?
Just so we can be clear here. The motoring public still is under the same responsibility requirement for an operational vehicle as we are. The locality and states, however, don't get a financial windfall pulling them over as they do us...or at least it seems that way to me.
I'd just like to see the current laws enforced on 4-wheelers for the operational requirements of their vehicles as we have on ours....then you would see an increase in local and state revenues that would put them in the black.
Killer60148 and Freezer Burn Thank this.
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