| Azzanation said: Australia is a heavily monitored country where the lack of freedom is laughable compared to the US. You cannot do anything in Australia without being looked at or fined. Cannot even lower your car height to much without it being illegal. But hey, if lowering a car too low is a danger to lives than I guess it makes sense.. oh wait it has nothing to do with saving lives. Its government control. Heck we have the most speed cameras in the world compared to anywhere else because placing cameras down hills and on roads where the speed changes drastically helps prevent lives.. or is it a money making industry? hmm |
Are you really sure that the rules about ground clearance have nothing to do with safety for the people within and around the vehicle?
If you are lowering your car too much, you can damage it while driving over an obstacle. That damage (f.e. the axes of the car) can put the people in the car and/or other road users in danger, don't you think?
And are you really sure that driving down a hill too fast can't put people in the car and/or other road users in danger?
Speed limits and monitoring its compliance can be inconvenient, but in most cases it helps prevent traffic deaths (additionally to making money).
Preventing lives is a different issue and has more to do with contraceptives and abortion rules 
| Azzanation said: But the stupidest thing Australia has going for it, is its Justice system, We allow murderers to walk free after 4 years, we allow mental heads to drive cars and allow idiots to walk the street. Take something away, they will find another avenue or still get what they wanted anyway. |
Do you have a source for the 4 years for murder?
In 2009 - 2010 the average aggregate prison term for a person convicted of murder in New South Wales was just over 25 years (302 months). The average minimum term was 20 years (240 months).
https://www.bocsar.nsw.gov.au/Pages/bocsar_media_releases/2012/bocsar_mr_bb76.aspx
I have my doubts that the average prison time and average minimum prison time in other parts of Australia was or now is only a fraction of that.
What are mental heads? People who lower their cars beyond the safety minimum? And are you aware that some kinds of metal illnesses can decrease the ability to drive safe/responsible... while many other metal illnesses won't decrease that ability?
And do you want to lock away every "idiot"? What is the exact definition for an "idiot". Does it include people who drive too fast, people who lower their cars beyond the safety minimum, people who want guns, people who don't want guns...?
And who decides about the "idiot" status, which forbids people to walk the street? The evil government? A corrupt judge? A vote in town hall? A mob with pitchforks and torches?
Last edited by Conina - on 11 August 2019
