Seatbelts. another pet peeve.

You live in texas.

I live in Illinois.

In illinois, I can hop on my touring bike or street bike with a set of glasses on and no helmet.

Am I safer riding like that or am I safer in My Jeep Wrangler without a seatbelt on?

If I am safer in my Jeep Wrangler without a seatbelt on, why the hell is there a law making me put a seatbelt on on but not blocking me from riding a motorcycle?

Are you going to support removing motorcycles from the streets since they are less safe than a car?

If this post makes you think, why can't you support personal choice when it comes to the way they live their lives?

I illustrated your absurdity by being absurd, and it paid off.

You favor a damaging cost to society by not embracing the idea of extreme safety. You are willing to let people die so that you are not in a state of discomfort.

Yet, you ignore my desire to make my own choices in life.

Game/set/match. Let me know when there is a Jewish Pope.

You are as close to the middle as a pope is jewish.

It's self evident in your "society cost" argument and avoidance to discuss "society cost" when it comes to abortion.

No, they don't.

These "safety rules" are nothing more than special interest groups (to increase their profits) pushing an agenda that is popular with the mindless sheep that are happy to graze at a particular voting place, as long as they get their shiny toys paid for by the rest of the populace.

You are a substandard driver and expect everyone around you to have the same skills, and to avoid having to pay up for actual cost of the technology that is required to keep you as a safe driver, you need others to pay for it.

Again, It should be the purchasers choice to up their safety.

Otherwise, screw all choices - everyone's car should be speed limited to 15 mph, with solid steel frames and roll cages, crash bumpers that are engineered to 100 mph crash standards, and require a nerf suit and DOT helmet to operate.

Otherwise, how dare you speak against it - think of the people that could be saved.

Liberal 101.

Here too I accept your surrender.

Bullshit.

It only endangers you if you have proof I am not competent. I do have proof I am competent - over a half million miles by car, and over 100,000 miles on a motorcycle.

I accept your surrender.

BTW

I'd rather not have computer assist.

Ice
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_447

Bad Maintenance
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroper%C3%BA_Flight_603

Defective systems
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/asiana-airlines-december-plane-crash-partially-caused-faulty-warning-systems-article-1.1740576

over reliance on technology
http://www.today.com/news/are-airline-pilots-relying-too-much-automation-1B11170594

computer problems
http://www.stratfordbeaconherald.com/2013/08/14/two-dead-in-ups-cargo-jet-crash-in-birmingham-ala

Also, as a programmer, I assure you that the code running your systems in the cockpit still has bugs. They usually won't show up until certain conditions are met - the old "Q:Why didn't you catch this in testing? A: Because it worked fine on my machine".

That should be MY choice to use a computer aided system.

Yes, or No?

First I heard of it, Will it be able to play all my games?

The liberals answer to everything.
Make society pay to protect the stupid.

If a person can't brake properly without computer aid - then they shouldn't be driving.

Please raise your children to be smarter than having to rely on the wallets of others so they can drive a car with a small chance of avoiding accidents.

And If I haven't made myself clear. I would rather the average driver suffer than be forced to pay more for my stuff.

Maybe cause they want to make sure that XP users get punished for not coughing up the cash for a worse OS?

I'm trying Win 7 right now, it's slower on searching, locks up the PC if it hits a damaged file on a PC while searching, and doesn't even have a responsive mouse until it's been moving for ten or fifteen seconds - it's like the driver for the mouse goes into sleep mode after inactivity.

I bought my Dad a PC as a christmas present - He's not very polite on how he describes windows 8.

I want XP back.

I don't about the person saved by the airbag. It would have been their choice to buy one or not.

As for the "cost to society" - there's another pet peeve. Are you opposed to fining anyone driving and using a smartphone 10,000 per offense? Or is that a "cost to society" you aren't willing to push for? Why do you get to judge that I must be forced to purchase airbags, while you blithely type away while driving? There are numerous accidents directly related to texting - . Deadly ones. Are we going to stop this "cost on society".

Let's talk about abortion, and the "cost to society". How many Einsteins have been lost to a vacuum and forceps?
With the millions of abortions in the United States (done strictly for birth control - less than 18000 are done in the cases of rape or incest) . How many new doctors and researchers could of come up and cured cancer, or prion infection, or found a true anti-virus that works as easy as immunization? Can we quantify the "Cost to society" there while you try to sell me a fast line about airbags?
I checked in and it seems you are right - they are making anti-lock braking mandatory - which is idiotic since anti-lock increases braking distance and is dangerous when off roading in mud and sand. Now, When I buy my new Jeep, 'll have to pay for the technology I shut off in the vehicle. Will I get a refund? Will you cut me a check for the extra cost for the equipment I don't need?

What would the Amelia Earhart' search cost in today's dollars when you factor in all of the historic effort?

20 years from now, if a jet goes missing, it'll be the most expensive search in history.

The same as if another massive Hurricane hits in a populated area 20 years from now It will be the most expensive in history.

Heck, if inflation keeps up, 70 years from now if a factory burns down, the cost will dwarf the famous chicago fire simply because the reporters will be intellectually dishonest and just make sure that the cost will lack any simple comparison of monetary value and effort over a period of time.

I've paid for 6 cars that forced airbags on me - they added 300-400 bucks each.

Not one of them ever deployed. That's two grand I could of invested for my retirement.

Also, if school taxes only paid for education, I could intelligently talk to you about investment versus parenting.. Since most of the taxes go to overinflated pensions, you've touched on yet another one of my pet peeves.