http://expressoriders.org/UMBlog/2008/08/21/ben-johnson-had-his-olympic-gold-medal-revoked-in-1988/ A weekly diatribe to end all diatribes... Tue, 04 Jan 2011 15:00:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://expressoriders.org/UMBlog/2008/08/21/ben-johnson-had-his-olympic-gold-medal-revoked-in-1988/comment-page-1/#comment-13533 Deep in the heart of TX Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:47:47 +0000 http://expressoriders.org/UMBlog/?p=43#comment-13533 Well, TX is looking to add a requirement in the next year or so. But what has perplexed me for the 2.5 years I've lived here is the fact that the State of TX has a seatbelt law, yet, it is legal to ride in the open bed of a pick-up (Even on the freeway). It is nothing to see a bed full of workers or friends sprawled out in the back of a pickup doing 70 mph down the beltway. If I can get a $25 ticket for not wearing a seatbelt, how do these yo-yo's get by without a fine. Here's an idea, a helmet law for the yahoo's riding in the back of a pickup. As there should be a requirement for it when riding a boke, so should it be for riding in the bed. But then again, until 5 years ago here you could drive down the road with an open container of beer. Makes you feel safe all over. Well, TX is looking to add a requirement in the next year or so. But what has perplexed me for the 2.5 years I’ve lived here is the fact that the State of TX has a seatbelt law, yet, it is legal to ride in the open bed of a pick-up (Even on the freeway). It is nothing to see a bed full of workers or friends sprawled out in the back of a pickup doing 70 mph down the beltway. If I can get a $25 ticket for not wearing a seatbelt, how do these yo-yo’s get by without a fine. Here’s an idea, a helmet law for the yahoo’s riding in the back of a pickup. As there should be a requirement for it when riding a boke, so should it be for riding in the bed. But then again, until 5 years ago here you could drive down the road with an open container of beer. Makes you feel safe all over.

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