I can’t be that bright, no I must in fact be stupid, and I am sure that’s it. Let me tell you, I don’t even want to start in on the big brother nonsense that is photo radar. I can’t stand listening to the feeble at best; reasons that they spout and the diatribe they give as the reasons behind that so called law enforcement. I will save that for another day, but the thing I can’t understand and has me in a foul mood is dark limousine tinted drivers and passenger windows in vehicles. I don't care about the back windows of the vehicle, because many of those come directly from the factory. What we are talking about is the front windows next to the driver and passenger in the front seat. Now please tell me if I am wrong, but I thought they were illegal. I thought that there were actual laws on the books against it.
I think it’s funny that it seems the City, Province and every other political organization is going about shoving those ridiculous Big Brother red light cameras and red light with speed control cameras, even everywhere you turn someone is sitting behind the wheel of one of those vans taking your picture all in a so called speed deterrent campaign. I am sure they wouldn’t be bull manure when they say it is not an easy money maker for the coffers and is not attempt to pick Albertan’s pockets just one more time. If you believe that then you also believe there is not enough revenue in our coffers to properly support our health care, seniors or education system. So my question is, why then is it ok for those individuals that have their windows tinted in obvious violation to the laws aloud to flaunt it and the laws are not actively enforced? I wonder how hard it is to really enforce them.
Let me see; usually one would just have to listen for the amazing loud base, feel your windows vibrate then look over and there will be tinted windows. You could also listen for the rumble of some small cars mufflers, that sound more like an old Mercury outboard fishing motor than a customized sports car, and you look over and there will be the dark windows. Or you see someone my age trying to be young and cool and you will see that ridiculous tint. What are they trying to hide? Why hasn’t someone told our police officers in this city to enforce those laws? I don’t really care but something brought this to my attention that made me cringe. My son announced he was going to school to be a police officer. I am proud he wants to take on this noble occupation, but am also scared of the risks the police have to live with as an occupational hazard. So when I was driving by this loud base car with a whole bunch of young tough looking men piled in it and it had the dark tinted limousine windows. I started to think, that maybe these weren’t the bad guys but what if they were? How could the policeman coming up to the car on a routine or other stop know what was going on inside? What if that Policeman was my son?
I am praying I will never have to open up the paper to hear that an officer was shot in a routine traffic stop. I hope and pray that we will never have to bury one of those gallant people because they couldn’t see the driver or passenger was loaded and ready to kill. So I am mystified to understand why we allow people to go around in their automobiles where any illegal activities could be disguised behind limousine glass. It can’t be safe; it can’t even be safe for the driver as we are lowering their visibility. Have you ever tried driving with your sunglasses at night, who are we fooling? I am not saying those driving with the limousine tint are doing anything illegal. I just am saying driving with limousine tint is illegal so if they flaunt that law, then what other laws are they ignoring behind their tinted glass?
I know in some places officers carry scrapers and remove tint right at the scene of the traffic stop. I even know that in some places they seize the vehicle and won’t release it until the tint is removed; now there is a money maker. Heck that might be as good a money maker as photo radar and redlght cameras. No don’t be silly that money making scam can only be matched by lotteries and such. Anyway we could issue a ticket, charge for the towing and even make money on the vehicles storage. What a great idea the economy gets a boost and the tint shops can make back the lost revenue they would receive from tinting, in the removal end of the business, this has got to be a win for everybody. Then as a dad of a future police officer I can sleep a little better at night. I can’t even feel sorry for those with the tint, they know it is illegal and they continue to flaunt the law. If they can afford the expensive tint, they probably can afford the tickets, towing, and storage. I have friends in the automotive business and I am sure they that would love the extra business the removal of the tint would bring.
So why are we not enforcing this law, but are so excited about automated law enforcement, and photo radar. I don’t want to be the profit of what might happen; but I want the police to enforce the tint violation before something does happen. I want there to be some real concerned effort on stopping this stupidity before my son or anyone’s son has to pull over another of those silly vehicles. I think it is ridiculous to ignore them when it is just a matter of time before something terrible happens, at least that what it seems from where I sit.
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