Something I appreciated while visiting the UK was no one driving with a cell phone stuck to their ear since it is outlawed. Why that simple safety measure cannot pass here in The Colonies is beyond me. We all go through it daily.......some twit yakking away drifting into your lane oblivious to your horn, traffic, and the rest of the planet.

 

12k-15k a year here too.. if I didn't have a girlfriend 15 miles away, it would probably be around 8k-10k-- I gotta start charging her

 

RTexasF: I once saw a guy on the phone bounce his car off the highway median and keep driving and talking on the phone .... I was in the middle lane and saw some of his door panel shoot out the back. Also, texas isn't a huge desert? jk. oh .... and they can't be oblivious to 14" airhorns

I'm at about 10,000 miles a year. I drive about 5 miles in the morning and at night, but it takes me an hour and a half to get to work ...... I take the bus into the city.

Oh yeah ...... in Texas, is it even considered a gun if it isn't loaded?!?


Another thing ..... we USED to be able to go to the Carribean islands without a passport too.

 

Sadly, we do have that particular brand of moron here too. However, the law has just been changed to a fine of £1000 max and six points on your licence [ nine points and byebye licence]. Repeat offenders could risk 6 months sentence. Problem is not the law, it is the lack of prosecutions by police. They seem to prefer persecutions of motorists instead - parking offences, fixed speed cameras, mobile cameras, etc. There was a suggestion made that a phone-in by established so that the public could report offenders. Funny, i thought 1984 had come and gone. George Orwell would be so proud.

 

There's a fricken legal nightmare, just drive around a motorist makes you angry phone in the offense...

 

We have a "report aggressive drivers" hotline ..... funny that it is a # that you can call from any cell phone (only). I don't think it does anything other than maybe puts a mark on your record that cops can see when giving you a real ticket.

 

Hard to get a gun? Maybe if you are a criminal (legally get a gun). Get one off the streets? Pretty easy. Hard to get a ccw? More like impossible.

If you mean hard to get one b/c of crazy long "cooling off" periods? Heck yeah. I believe it was 30 days when I got my hand guns.

 

Better still, the courts will tell someone that it is illegal for him to own firearms-SOOO he suddenly has to sell oh, about 215 handguns REALLY fast. That's great for the street cops.[>:]

 

Can you still buy a gun from a private party without registering it?

 

Yes, though perhaps not legal in specific areas.