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Here, here! I couldn't agree more. Common sense should always rule the day.
Jeff
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> ..........I can't resist putting in my two cents worth. I wonder why that is?
> I've been stopped occasionally for driving with the windshield down too,
> although I do it ALL the time. Being the polite cuss that I am, I never have
> a problem or hassle, or make an issue of it. Not with Cops, not with
> neighbors, or the guy in the parking lot. Why do that when I'm driving a
> tempting target for any twit with a grudge?? All they have to do is to
> make weapons complaints, or anonymous phone calls etc.....
> The honest truth is that when we are on a public highway with the
> windshield down, we are playing roulette. If we wear the "Goggles, Sand and
> Dust" then we stack the deck slightly in our favor. If you all stop and
> think about it, it's not so much an issue of insurance against eye damage or
> liability but a very real risk that the driver gets a rock in his eye, loses
> control, and kills someone else or damages someone elses property. Remember
> my original comment that I do that ALL the time, not just some of it. I only
> put up the windshield if I'm cold, going over 35 mph, or on a major road.
> Point is, I know that I'm doing the roulette thing by this, and don't kid
> myself about personal freedoms being threatened when I'm pulled over. I just
> politely comply for the moment.
> Yeah, yeah, I hear you saying "But I wear eye protection". So what?
> I've had more than my share of cracked windshields due to thrown up rocks and
> debris, and I can tell you that SEVERAL of those times, if the object had hit
> me in the head moving and spinning as fast as it was, my goggles would'nt
> have done a damn thing to keep me from being knocked unconscious. I know
> the odds are against that happening, but, like the lottery, someone hits it
> eventually, right? All we need is someone on the nightly news for killing a
> busload of nuns and orphans with his mighty green thing. :o)
> I think they have more of a right to demand I keep my windshield up when
> driving around others than they do to demand I wear a motorcycle helmet.
> Raising this issue with the authorities is probably NOT a good idea, since
> it's such a common sense issue that we would probably lose. One guy losing
> control due to a flying rock could kill a kid, and they know it. And my M37
> is certainly more dangerous than a late 80s CJ7 if I'm trying to stop it
> blind and bleeding.........
> My local cops know I keep it down when I'm on Main Street or at KMart and
> up when I'm on the Bypass. Luckily I have a good relationship with them. I
> think this kind of attitude will work in most situations - I've been doing it
> this way in several different towns for the last ten years. But let's not
> kid ourselves about personal freedoms here, this a legitimate safety issue
> and we're just lucky it's not more widely enforced.
> Mike in VA
>
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