Saturday, October 30, 2010

What's wrong with hanging things from rearview mirrors?

 This article talks about hanging objects from rearview mirror should be legalize or not. Many people just put dangling objects on their rearview mirror such as gruduation tassels, air freshener, and all kinds of accessories and don't notice whether it is legal or not. Although most of them think it shouldn't be matter on driving, Michigan has prohibited drivers from dangling items from rearview mirrors. The bill doesn't have specific description about what size items must be, and it's up to officers to pull over drivers. As a result of a lot of people includes Senators and Governors don't agree with the law, now the Senate has approved the bill and it awaits debate in the state house.
 Moreover, the quote "I call it a 'gotcha' law. It's an excuse to pull someone over." was the most effective quote in this article because it mocks the police from using excuses to pull people over for silly dangling objects from rearview mirrors in their cars. And I like the idea of naming the law as a 'gotcha' law.
 In my opinion, even I'm not a driver myself, it should be legal to have dangling objects in drivers' rearview mirrors. As I mentioned before, it is just one of excuses that police use it to pull people over for no good reasons. In fact, I've seen a lot of people got into car accidents from talking on the phone of taxting while they're driving, but not from objects from rearview mirrors. It's time for legislature to concern about how to reduce those car accidents from taxting, and not making another excuses like this. Moreover, they need to get rid of the law, or they should soften the law by restricting specific items such as giant fuzzy dice, and shiny or gaudy objects that can easily affect to driver's vision.

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