Taking Back our Business Entrances
Loretta Nall has this report on her blog about some activity during this week's "Take Back Our Highways" campaign.
My reply to Loretta's post:
This really pisses me off, Loretta.
I thought this program was to "Take Back our Highways" from speeders and others who have dangerous driving behavior.
I don't know what kind of place your husband works at. But I agree that the troopers knew better than to be outside Still Waters doing the same thing ... or Wynlakes in Montgomery... or Greystone in Birmingham... or Gorham's Bluff in Jackson County ... or any of the other similar places.
Here's an idea for them - while traffic is already jammed up and slow moving after a home game for Auburn or Alabama, why don't they check insurance on the alumni that attend those games?If the state expects poor people to have liability insurance, they should help fund it - something similar to the flood insurance program.
2 comments:
I feel that the "Take Back Our Highways" campaign probably is targeting the socially and economically disenfranchised. I bet there is a huge fine that goes with being caught without liability insurance.
And there probably are children at home that will go to bed starving, or without medical care, while their parents are working out these fines. I hope that our elite "double dipping" political class, are proud of themselves.
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C
I agree with your concern, c. It's always easier to pick the low-lying fruit whose picking takes less resources.
The socially and economically disenfranchised are least able -- and perhaps least inclined -- to challenge tickets in court. So the troopers don't have to worry about taking time out of their day to defend their actions in court.
It sounds strange (or even funny) but I have a friend who said he was stopped frequently for speeding when he had a car that was stereotypically thought of as a "black" car. Since he got a different car, he's not been stopped even once.
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