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Originally Posted by ToyotaObsession
So remember it's not big brother cramming shit down your throat to protect yourself from yourself because YOU can't handle it. It's probably because there's 50 million other idiots who can't.
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That line of thought is void because it is not the government's job to dictate our personal safety in our private property. That's what I've been saying this entire time.
The best they could do is "we strongly recommend not tampering with safety devices that have been put on vehicles based on our research."
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"It is now a law stating you CAN'T remove safety devices, and you will be punished and fined if caught doing so." It's not their car and its not their road either. Its -your- road, built and maintained through taxes you have paid into the local (wheel), state (wheel and gas), and federal (income), with the fed's allocating to states funds for road management if they meet certain law criteria.
They would only have an argument if such regulation effected a general populace based off your 'bad' decision of tampering with your car's reactive safety devices. Purposely running around with no brakes is a danger to society, and also, extremely stupid. Yeah, agreed, that should be illegal. Removing the airbags effects you, and only you. Its not about what's smart, or who's stupid, its about a line that should not and must not be crossed by the government. Yet it has...and once you give them that leeway, it'll spread to other areas. It already has.