Quote Originally Posted by Justahobby View Post
I don't really agree with victimless crimes and things that should be self regulated, being controlled by the government. Of course their will be people that make wrong decisions, but taking away freedoms of millions is hard to rationalize in my eyes. But oh well, what's done is done. It will be interesting to see what warrants being pulled over... looking in your lap, checking a missed call, dialing a number, clearing a text??


You aren't doing traffic, what will you be doing John? And congrats btw!
We can go back and forth on this all day. I don't believe in victimless crimes. We know each other well enough to know that we are responsible people and productive parts of society. Unfortunately there are those that aren't and we all have to pay for that. Most things people take for granted as rights are really just privileges. I do however agree with your statement of not being controlled by Government. I just do not know where to draw the line sometimes. I use my cell phone and try to use it properly while driving including no texting or pulling over out of the way to do phone business. I can only speak for myself though. I can tell you that the most scared I have ever been as a firefighter is when I worked crashes on the roadways. I cannot count the times we were in the middle of working an accident scene only to have another crash happen in our vicinity or right next to us. It seemed to get worse as the camera phones got better and also as folks realized they could conduct business on their phones.

As for my police certification, it has to do with my job at the FD.