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[deleted] t1_j9u4jq5 wrote

I was honestly blown away when I found out MA doesn’t have a specific statewide law against this. Other than the Mass Pike, the most they can get you for is a minor violation for an unsecured load, and that’s if they even feel like enforcing it. Really? Even New Hampshire has Jessica’s Law because someone literally died from an accident. Do we have to wait until someone here dies to make a law named after them? Sheesh, you’d think with all the questionable bans this state is so gung-ho about pursuing, something this basic would be one of them?

https://www.wmur.com/amp/article/jessicas-law-new-hampshire-snow-ice-111522/41967110

https://www.wwlp.com/news/local-news/hampden-county/clear-snow-off-top-of-your-vehicle-or-face-fines/amp/

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Zinski t1_j9uwb9r wrote

> Jessica’s Law because someone literally died from an accident

That's the way it works. We just deal with unsafe shit we know will kill people until it effects some one in the area personally and they make a law about it.

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aKaake t1_j9vkns2 wrote

I moved to NH and lived there for almost 10 years so it's ingrained in me now to just clear it all off!

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The_Real_ZerXceS t1_j9ubxnb wrote

boston literally has roaming dirtbike gangs menacing people... I think it's just gonna happen.

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FIFAFanboy2023 t1_j9unft4 wrote

Traffic was stopped on Chandler the other day for 3 old people crossing the road where Irving connects. Some douche on a green dirt bike split the lanes and almost hit the group. There was a cop in an Explorer turning left onto Chandler from Irving who had to have seen it but did nothing.

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NativeSon508 t1_j9v42l3 wrote

Rules against chasing them in Worcester. Everybody blames the cops for “chasing” which winds up in a wreck. Not the loser on the stolen bike, breaking laws, uninsured and causing accidents. That’s why they’re so bad in the summer and ripping up the parks.

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FIFAFanboy2023 t1_j9v5ygq wrote

I get that, but I feel like they could at least sound the sirens. I don't want to get flagged for being a violent person, but sometimes I think vigilante justice should be okay.

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[deleted] t1_j9uq9yd wrote

Yeah we had them in Worcester too, although I haven’t seen as many in the last few years.

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FirstOrderRouge t1_j9v51xd wrote

$200 ticket sure doesn’t feel like a minor violation but that’s just me.

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ARoundForEveryone t1_j9ud3ia wrote

Are you suggesting new laws? We very well can't have new laws without catchy and sentimental names - come on, man!

You seen the list of laws we currently have? They're numbered and lettered - and we've used up all the numbers and letters. We're currently in the "child names" section of law names, and there are only so many catchy and sentimental names so we need to be a little stingy when it comes to new laws and regulations.

We could have an emergency Senate hearing or something that would enact the little used "fuzzy animal" clause of State Statute Eleanor 43b, from 1946, that would let us name laws after fuzzy animals instead of dead children. But that's only temporary in nature and it would expire in 12 months without overriding Senate Guideline Eleanor Gertrude Humphries. Of course, that would trigger the little used William J Eastman statue (penned in honor of little "Billy East" back in '71) so a second vote would have to be taken within 12 months. This is known both in the Senate and the House as the "Irish Twins" law. It's pretty controversial and is usually seen as a last ditch effort to preserve "God's Will" (although that can't be directly stated by politicians). Usually these types of laws do more harm than good, but it's not the law's fault - it's usually just that the enforcement agencies aren't equipped to deal with changes these significant in such a rapid-fire manner.

Anyway, what was I saying? I don't know how I got on a tangent about our official legal system.

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[deleted] t1_j9uqimz wrote

Oh well. Maybe New Hampshire will bag a few people while they’re driving up there to buy their menthols and fireworks to smuggle back into MA.

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