06-04-13, 10:41 AM
I'd buy into that MOTs are for your own benefit except that....
(a) I actually don't need an MOT to know whats good for my own benefit. I have a brain and free will to know what could kill or hurt me or others.... so I don't need to pay for that privilege.
(b) MOT's won't stop me or Padraig's cousin if our free will or mindset are geared against caring about our safety, other peoples safety, or the law itself. How many people have killed/maimed themselves or others by not wearing seat belts, drink driving, driving dangerous vehicles without MOTs???.....quite a lot, i'm afraid.
© So I conform to keep my vehicle in an extremely good condition and to live up to my responsibilities. I go to an awful expense in doing so and then pay them for the privilege. But then I find that they don't lead by example and fail in their responsibilities. They leave roads in an appalling state that might kill or maim me and that just makes a mockery that MOTs "are for my safety benefit" when they won't use the money I give them to ensure that the surface I travel in, is in a safe and road worthy condition, just like they want my bike to be in. If you can't see the scam or the wrong in that...then so be it. I would pay for MOTs without grudges if that money was spent to upkeep our roads. We have MOTs on cars here and Road Tax too and our main roads are now like driving on the Kyber Pass!!....and our back roads??.....have a look at this...its only down the road from were I live. Imagine going into that coming home at night.
Swimming in Ireland's Biggest Pothole
We have to agree to disagree.
(a) I actually don't need an MOT to know whats good for my own benefit. I have a brain and free will to know what could kill or hurt me or others.... so I don't need to pay for that privilege.
(b) MOT's won't stop me or Padraig's cousin if our free will or mindset are geared against caring about our safety, other peoples safety, or the law itself. How many people have killed/maimed themselves or others by not wearing seat belts, drink driving, driving dangerous vehicles without MOTs???.....quite a lot, i'm afraid.
© So I conform to keep my vehicle in an extremely good condition and to live up to my responsibilities. I go to an awful expense in doing so and then pay them for the privilege. But then I find that they don't lead by example and fail in their responsibilities. They leave roads in an appalling state that might kill or maim me and that just makes a mockery that MOTs "are for my safety benefit" when they won't use the money I give them to ensure that the surface I travel in, is in a safe and road worthy condition, just like they want my bike to be in. If you can't see the scam or the wrong in that...then so be it. I would pay for MOTs without grudges if that money was spent to upkeep our roads. We have MOTs on cars here and Road Tax too and our main roads are now like driving on the Kyber Pass!!....and our back roads??.....have a look at this...its only down the road from were I live. Imagine going into that coming home at night.
Swimming in Ireland's Biggest Pothole
We have to agree to disagree.