Well, at least according to the North Carolina General Assembly, anyway.

You see, yesterday, December 1, 2005, a new law went into effect that BANS 7-year old children from driving ATVs. Older children are restricted to smaller, "less-powerful" models.

Aren't you glad that there's so little for police to do in North Carolina that they have time to wander around the backyards and forests of the state to check all people riding ATVs to ensure that none of them are 7 years old?

And I'm sure these new enforcement officers will be checking birth certificates for those who "appear" too young to be on the 250cc models as well.

Folks, laws that sound good but absolutely cannot be enforced are worse than useless -- it completely undermines the system of laws in this country. If there are more laws than can be enforced, it creates a system of selective enforcement -- those charge with enforcing the laws pick and choose which ones they, personally, want to enforce on any given day.

Are there ANY statesmen left in this country? What a wonderful world it would be if we could elect statesmen who were interested in government and politics rather than politicians that are ONLY interested in keeping their own job (no matter the costs) and spending money (no matter the reason).

Posted by: Ogre at 10:08 AM | Comments (3) | Add Comment
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