Darn Those Regulations!!!!

8 Random Items for 2/13/2009 #2

Georgia could require pickup truck drivers to wear seatbelts if a bill that passed the Senate Thursday becomes law. For years, agricultural interests have opposed the idea, saying it is an unnecessary regulation that could hinder farmers.

Well, that's the beginning of a recent article in the Atlanta Journal and Constitution and I find it hilarious. Wearing a seatbelt would hinder farmers? How?

The best part is that the bill will probably die a quick death in the House because in the state of Georgia, saving 105 lives a year and receiving an additional 4.6 million dollars from the federal government is not as important as the "freedom" to not wear a seat belt.

This is a deeply stupid state.