Click It or Ticket? I've got a better idea. (941 hits)
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Submitted by John (View user info) at 2005-06-14 17:44:52 EDT
Click it or ticket.
The phrase is now ingrained into my brain. I know the consequences of getting caught without being strapped in. One hundred and one dollar ticket, higher insurance rates, crying to my parents - the whole shabang.
Even before this nationwide campaign started, though, car manufacturers already had the idea (or they were forced to do it). They put an annoying blinking light on the instrument panel that turned on when you turned on your car. It would stop blinking after you put on the seatbelt or your body went flailing headfirst through the windshield - whichever one happened first.
I haven't really seen much of a visible success. My best friend back here still leaves his seatbelt dangling next to his shoulder. Of course, him and his girlfriend each just got a $101 ticket, but what does he care? He's a cowboy. So is she. A cowgirl, that is. A cow-woman.
So being the entrepreneur that I am, I have come up with a concept that will get everyone to wear their seat belts. No need to mess with tickets or stupid commercials, just a bit of cooperation from the car manufacturers.
I say that every time some idiot doesn't put his seatbelt on and he starts driving down a road, a tightly-wound spring-loaded fist will pop out from under the steering wheel and smack that fricker where it counts. That'll teach him to wear his seat belt.
Or, as a gender-neutral option, a person who doesn't wear his or her seat belt could get a small dose of industrial-grade mace. Just enough for the person to get watery eyes and spew that morning's breakfast all over the place. People would be wearing their seat belts in no time.
Simple ideas from a simple man to solve a simple problem. Don't hurt yourself people. Just pull the strap over nice and easy, insert, and penetrate. You'll hear a slight click, and you're ready to roll. Have a nice drive everyone.
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Submitted by doctorj24 (user info) at 2005-08-05 11:33:16 EDT (#)
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Hey sparklepink, I hope you come back and read this.
The law isn't new, but the push to get people to wear their seatbelts is. It's a new campaign, with raised fines, increased awareness, new signs, etc. The huge picture I posted is the name of the campaign.
Oh, and your cabbie guy was pretty dumb. Really, why go through the effort to take it off? Thanks for the responses.
Submitted by sparkle_pink (user info) at 2005-08-05 01:00:59 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
And is this new or something? To get charged for not wearing a seatbelt? In Canada here, well at least in Alberta, it's been the law to wear seatbelts for as long as I can remember.
This reminds me of an odd experience, when I was in Montreal for an audition, and my cab driver immediately takes off his seatbelt when we get off the highway and go into the city. He explained to me that cab drivers are required to wear seatbelts whill driving on the highway, but don't have to in the city.
This made no sense to me. Why go through the effort to put the seatbelt on, then take it off, and then put it back on when he heads back to the airport or whatever? And I certainly felt closer to death driving through the city as opposed to the highways. All the people, and my cab driver trying to go as fast as possible and the freezing rain...
Wow I hope you enjoyed my little novel that I wrote here.
Submitted by sparkle_pink (user info) at 2005-08-05 00:55:26 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
My car, along with the flashing light on the panel, beeps annoyingly at around 5 minute intervals or so if you don't have your seatbelt on.
Submitted by NSFW (user info) at 2005-08-05 00:35:05 EDT (#)
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I think the bastard that came up with the idea of charging a hundred bucks for not fastening your seatbelt is a real entrepenaur errr, however its spelled.
Submitted by bush_for_god (user info) at 2005-08-05 00:24:45 EDT (#)
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Would've been a plus two but you said "fricker."
Submitted by Slovin (user info) at 2005-08-05 00:19:48 EDT (#)
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Unlike drunk driving, not wearing a seatbelt hurts no one but you.
I say discourage the use of seatbelts and let natural selection do the rest.
The idiots who don't bother to wear them will die faster than the rest of us.
Submitted by doctorj24 (user info) at 2005-06-30 18:34:56 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
YAHOO! +2!!!!
Oh, wait ... this is my own post.
Frick.
Submitted by AndraSidan (user info) at 2005-06-30 18:13:35 EDT (#)
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Lets do it
Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2005-06-30 02:41:40 EDT (#)
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Hey maan...we gotta raise this to a positive number.
Why not?
Submitted by Pr0j3ct (user info) at 2005-06-30 02:15:56 EDT (#)
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"Just pull the strap over nice and easy, insert, and penetrate."
yeah just like that....mmmm....penetrate. Take it cow-woman!
ewwww not like half woman half cow.
you know what I mean.
Submitted by checkyourmail (user info) at 2005-06-30 01:56:47 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I want your body
Submitted by wookie (user info) at 2005-06-21 13:52:57 EDT (#)
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Submitted by williamson (user info) at 2005-06-15 22:05:16 (#)
Ranking: -2
If an action has impact on a consentual individual and no impact on society who is the government to interfere?
No adult should be forced to wear a seatbelt in his own car.
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The government interferes because of health care costs. Insurance companies don't like doling out huge chunks of cash for dimwits who don't wear seatbelts and then get mangled in accidents. And the public doesn't like seeing their premiums go up.
See, there is a societal impact.
That's the same reason helmet laws get passed. Who do you think lobbies the most successfully for those types of laws? The health insurance companies, that's who.
Submitted by AndraSidan (user info) at 2005-06-20 22:42:55 EDT (#)
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I think a lot of people -2 just to be assholes. It's pretty good, I don't hand out +2's for just anything...but your writing is definitely on the upper echelon.
Submitted by doctorj24 (user info) at 2005-06-16 12:46:15 EDT (#)
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I don't take anyone seriously on here. Especially not you, fudgesucker.
I mean, come on - it's the Internet.
Submitted by Didier (user info) at 2005-06-16 12:10:58 EDT (#)
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You take me seriously, which makes YOU an idiot
Submitted by williamson (user info) at 2005-06-15 22:05:16 EDT (#)
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If an action has impact on a consentual individual and no impact on society who is the government to interfere?
No adult should be forced to wear a seatbelt in his own car.
Submitted by Sinistral (user info) at 2005-06-15 21:56:25 EDT (#)
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http://www.ubersite.com/m/66833
The only reason I didn't give this a negative is because we share the same name.
Submitted by jack11058 (user info) at 2005-06-15 21:47:48 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
jesus, uber is full of assholes today. people, please! this is a lot better than the usual "hi, look at my picture, i'm a noob, first post eleventytwelve!11one" first post. give homeboy a break, fuckers!
I say welcome to ye.
Submitted by TheSpook (user info) at 2005-06-15 10:01:33 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
You better wear your seatbelt.
I don't want to ruin my shocks bouncing over your mangled corpse after you fly through the windshield.
Submitted by Feijuada (user info) at 2005-06-15 09:46:28 EDT (#)
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Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2005-06-15 09:09:33 (#)
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Submitted by A-Daamage (user info) at 2005-06-14 18:19:40 (#)
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How about fuck you, it's my choice and NOT the government's whether I wear my seatbelt or not. My best friend would be DEAD had he been wearing his, but you'll never hear stories like his in those seminars and commercials. He was in a rollover in a station wagon, riding in the passenger seat without his seatbelt. When the car rolled, he was tossed to the back of the car. The vehicle came to rest on its roof. No one was seriously injured. They got out and rolled the car back over. The roof, directly above the passenger seat was approximately ONE INCH above the seat. He would be so much jelly on that upholstery had he worn his seat belt. So you can just fuck right off. I like my friend alive.
And don't forget kids, seatbelts hinder your escape from a burning vehicle.
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But in 99% of all auto accidents wearing a seat belt HELPS.
They're for your protection, and you're an idiot if you don't wear it.
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He still shouldn't have to if he dosen't want to.
Submitted by c1ndy (user info) at 2005-06-15 09:26:23 EDT (#)
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could you have inclused a bigger picture?
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2005-06-15 09:09:33 EDT (#)
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Submitted by A-Daamage (user info) at 2005-06-14 18:19:40 (#)
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How about fuck you, it's my choice and NOT the government's whether I wear my seatbelt or not. My best friend would be DEAD had he been wearing his, but you'll never hear stories like his in those seminars and commercials. He was in a rollover in a station wagon, riding in the passenger seat without his seatbelt. When the car rolled, he was tossed to the back of the car. The vehicle came to rest on its roof. No one was seriously injured. They got out and rolled the car back over. The roof, directly above the passenger seat was approximately ONE INCH above the seat. He would be so much jelly on that upholstery had he worn his seat belt. So you can just fuck right off. I like my friend alive.
And don't forget kids, seatbelts hinder your escape from a burning vehicle.
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But in 99% of all auto accidents wearing a seat belt HELPS.
They're for your protection, and you're an idiot if you don't wear it.
Submitted by sixxforty (user info) at 2005-06-14 22:37:23 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by jack11058 (user info) at 2005-06-14 22:36:08 EDT (#)
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this deserves a higher rating. you have decent writing skills, unlike most of the dregs around here, and i hear these goddamn commercials for click it or ticket all the time and i hate them.
shamone.
Submitted by Electro (user info) at 2005-06-14 21:39:57 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
how about no?
Submitted by doctorj24 (user info) at 2005-06-14 19:20:07 EDT (#)
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I've heard of this idea - it's actually feasible, but not probable because of idiots like A-Daamage who cling to their "choice."
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2005-06-14 19:14:01 (#)
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how about you run an ignition wire thru the belt connector?
no click, no start.
Submitted by MrWillard (user info) at 2005-06-14 19:17:42 EDT (#)
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"...insert and penetrate. You'll hear a slight click..."
pervert.
In Georgia, you only have to buckle up if you're in a car. If you drive a pickup, the law does not state that you have to wear a seatbelt.
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2005-06-14 19:14:01 EDT (#)
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how about you run an ignition wire thru the belt connector?
no click, no start.
Submitted by CanucksFan (user info) at 2005-06-14 19:06:02 EDT (#)
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The writing isn't that bad.
But the content is lacking
Submitted by Chroniclysm (user info) at 2005-06-14 18:54:41 EDT (#)
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It's a stupid law and you present a stupider alternative.
Hmmm. -2.
Submitted by A-Daamage (user info) at 2005-06-14 18:19:40 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
How about fuck you, it's my choice and NOT the government's whether I wear my seatbelt or not. My best friend would be DEAD had he been wearing his, but you'll never hear stories like his in those seminars and commercials. He was in a rollover in a station wagon, riding in the passenger seat without his seatbelt. When the car rolled, he was tossed to the back of the car. The vehicle came to rest on its roof. No one was seriously injured. They got out and rolled the car back over. The roof, directly above the passenger seat was approximately ONE INCH above the seat. He would be so much jelly on that upholstery had he worn his seat belt. So you can just fuck right off. I like my friend alive.
And don't forget kids, seatbelts hinder your escape from a burning vehicle.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2005-06-14 18:03:59 EDT (#)
Ranking: -1
Your writing ain't that bad, stylistically.
You're just a boring motherfucker.
Submitted by honeycake (user info) at 2005-06-14 18:02:28 EDT (#)
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SUCK ASS LIKE WHOA.
Submitted by doctorj24 (user info) at 2005-06-14 18:02:11 EDT (#)
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I posted the huge picture to represent how ingrained that phrase is in my brain. Ow.
Submitted by quack (user info) at 2005-06-14 18:00:54 EDT (#)
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holy gynormous picture, batman!