Then Alberta would be a welfare state.
Cell phones are no worse than the people that read and drive. Possibly safer since you really don't need to look to talk.
Two Women’s Fight For Power In Redneck Country
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Then Alberta would be a welfare state.
Cell phones are no worse than the people that read and drive. Possibly safer since you really don't need to look to talk.
Where the problem lies is it's impossible to think of two things at the same time. :smile:
I was being rhetorical.
The underlying spirit was that car accidents will occur regardless of what nany statism we impose... Let's face facts, take a look at the sheer number of (small) accidents there are in a parking lot. The root problem stems from so many different causes that eliminating one (albeit one that causes catastrophic results) won't change a thing.
I wonder if a guy who is up on a charge of "impaired driving causing death" were to tell the judge that, would beat the rap! :lol:
They are equally stupid, you can't condone one crime by the stupidity of another, which is worse? Losing your left eye or losing your right eye?
ALright, let me ask it this way.
What would be the charge and fine if the police observed this incident?.. I'm guessing that it wouldn't result in a criminal charge, immediate loss of the license and impounding of the car.
That said, society has indeed determined that one eye is worth more than the other (in a round abouts sort of way)
I don't think it's a matter of one being worse than the other. I think anyone who's too stupid to get that you can't read the newspaper and watch the road at the same time is simply too stupid to be operating a motor vehicle. Same goes for texting.
Obviously you can't ever eliminate any and all distractions but to me it all comes down to the fact that you have to earn the privilege for a license to operate a motor vehicle. I don't know, I just think there are enough idiots on the roads with both hands on the wheel and eyes forward, we shouldn't be making further allowances for them.
Drinking and driving I have zero tolerance for. To me, the potential risk for injury and death is just too great. If it inconveniences the ones who are capable of having a drink or maybe two with dinner and capable of driving home in a safe manner, that's just too bad. Like driving is not a right, neither is drinking. Very little makes my blood boil more than some man or woman who plows down a child or other innocent bystander then gets some ridiculous sentence for it.
There is just no reason for drinking and then driving. Period.
Wildrose renews idea of Alberta ‘firewall’ within Canada
Wildrose renews idea of Alberta
"Wildrose’s policy book calls for the creation of an Alberta Pension Plan, which would see the province follow Quebec’s lead and withdraw from the Canada Pension Plan."
"Echoing the famous “firewall” manifesto of a decade ago, Wildrose party leader Danielle Smith says Alberta would “assert itself” in Canada under her government and have the ear of a sympathetic prime minister in Ottawa."
Wildrose is sounding more like a seperatist party just the way Reform sounded in the beginning.
Sounds like our federal Conservative government is ready to give more power to the provinces thus making Canada null and void.
This was what the Reform wanted was to break up Canada when they first formed their party.
Wildrose renews idea of Alberta
"Wildrose’s policy book calls for the creation of an Alberta Pension Plan, which would see the province follow Quebec’s lead and withdraw from the Canada Pension Plan."
"Echoing the famous “firewall” manifesto of a decade ago, Wildrose party leader Danielle Smith says Alberta would “assert itself” in Canada under her government and have the ear of a sympathetic prime minister in Ottawa."
Wildrose is sounding more like a seperatist party just the way Reform sounded in the beginning.
Sounds like our federal Conservative government is ready to give more power to the provinces thus making Canada null and void.
This was what the Reform wanted was to break up Canada when they first formed their party.
Gez, I was born and raised in Alberta and have, for all but about 14 years, lived here. Please, tell me what is the meaning of redneck so that when I meet one I'll know.
Thanks so much!
Yep. And the whole thing stems from the North Am attitude towards booze and its people's lack of responsibility concerning it. Responsibly teaching kids right from the getgo to begin with would likely cause them to drink responsibly. Simply telling kids they can't drink until they are 19 is stupid, IMO, because that just makes them more curious and likely to get into it before they are 19. Then a lot of them start binge-drinking. That kills people.
Person with a t-shirt tan.
Then there's the urban dictionary definition:
Urban Dictionary: redneck
lol Well, you're entitled to your opinion however nutty it is.
Yep. One thing, though, eyes should be everywhere. You should be aware of what's going on with the instrument panel, aware of what's going on around you, as well as what's going on in front of you.
Well I gotta say, my kids and neices/nephews are all in and around that age. I hear more talk from them about having DDs than I do from folks in my own age bracket. So the message is getting through to many of them at least as far as not getting behind the wheel after they've been drinking.
As to the binge-drinking though, I'd say you're right on. Lasts a year or two at most where if they have one drink, then they have several. At least from my observation with those that I know.
Lol. Yes, I know. But you know what I mean.