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Federal Regulators Hold Celebratory Seatbelt-Cutting Ceremony (theonion.com)

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I must say, this is a very stupid hill to die on.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

That's fair, but it just frustrates me the way that people bend over backwards to justify what is clearly an excuse for bastard cops to a) fill their coffers and b) more importantly, find an easy excuse to pull you over and violate your rights even further.

Everyone is acting like this is about safety, and about "the trauma of poor road cleaners", but the cops and legislators who put this in place don't give a fuck about your safety, and they certainly don't give a fuck about the trauma of blue collar road workers - they just want to give themselves more opportunities to arrest brown people, and it's ridiculous that the people in here spouting ACAB all over Lemmy don't recognize that.