Mask Mandate Doesn't Translate To Wearing Masks While Driving

[TexanManWithPlans]

I happen to be extremely handsome and wearing a mask is robbing the world of my gift


Blessin’s

So then that isn't you in that photo?

 

[Into the Night]

I doubt it but if I were a police officer, just as I am, amazed at the number of people wearing mask in their vehicle, all by themselves, then wonder why?

Must be about 2 dozen in the past week, that I saw, WTF are these people thinking?

Their cars are contaminated??

 

[Into the Night]

Yes, they do but interstate means exactly that, transport between states, if you kidnap someone, bring them across state lines, they can bring federal charges. drugs, same thing.
wire fraud, same thing, etc.

So in instances like those, he DOES have the authority, so why not mask?

There's a federal court house in every state.

It's time to clarify this.

The federal government has no legal authority to regulate recreational drugs. No such authority was ever declared in the Constitution.
The federal government has no legal authority to create laws concerning kidnapping. No such authority was ever declared in the Constitution. All they can do is assist the States in extraditing said individual to face charges of kidnapping (a State law).
Wire fraud is just fraud. Yes. States have laws about that too. Again, all the federal government legally can do is assist in extradition. They can also standardize what constitutes fraud when it concerns communications systems between States or between the US and a foreign nation.

The United States does not have authority to require masks. Neither does any governor. Only a State legislature would have anything like that authority, and only if the State constitution gave it that authority.

 

[Into the Night]

Like I stated earlier, private companies already mandate that, SO...................Nothing will change.

They are suffering for it too.

 

[Into the Night]

seatbelt laws are passe now that there are airbags.

Seat belts are safer than airbags. Airbags are not a substitute for seat belts.

since seatbelts affect no one but whoever does or does not use them,

Wrongo. Seat belts might save a life. That affects a lot of people from the police and ambulance service that have to come to spatula the mess off the road, to the families of those who were driving. Your's is an extremely selfish attitude.

i never thought the state had the right to force anybody to wear one in the first place.

Here you are actually correct (for once!). The State has no legal authority to require seat belt use. It can set standards like which side of the road you drive on, how the roads are marked and signed, and create penalties for unsafe driving, but no...it cannot require seat belts.

...or auto insurance.


That said, I highly recommend the use of seat belts. They are the cheapest and most effective means of protecting yourself and your passengers while driving your typical car. They are very effective safety devices for tractors as well as for aircraft, including large aircraft.
The can be somewhat useful for small boats, but that has to be compared with the risk of drowning should the craft sink or capsize.
In large vehicles such as buses and larger ships, seat belts do nothing. In these cases, the inertia of the craft is enough to protect its occupants sufficiently.

Airbags are great, but they do have problems. These devices are explosive devices attached to some kind of impact switch for a fuse. The explosive is lead azide, a material that is sensitive to electric shock, but rather insensitive to physical shock or heat. It does age with time though, possibly forming compounds that are much more sensitive to heat or physical shock, setting off the device by itself. That's why these systems are sealed against moisture.

The violence of airbags can save an adult in a major accident. It can kill children, even if they are in a car seat. They are hazard for automotive technicians to have to work around, since if they inadvertently go off while a technician is working on a car, it can kill him.

Defective airbags can kill. Defective seat belts can also kill. The risk and liability of constructing and installing these devices is high. Here the federal government can help, by designating standards for this equipment. They have this authority, just as they have the authority to designate a standard for a screw thread. They can't require that everyone follow the standard, of course.

Insurance companies make use of these standards when setting their premium rates..again, a private decision.

 

[Into the Night]

there is no doubt Congress can. i am not sure an executive order would work, but somehow trump got a lot of his dumbshit executive orders to work. Of course the government can pass laws forcing people to wear masks on public transportation, or in public, generally, or be subject to punishment. and by government, all government...during a pandemic, especially, FOR THE PUBLIC WELFARE....just like school districts can ban kids whose dumbass parents refuse to get them certain vaccinations from enrolling.

The 'general welfare' clause is not a power or authority. It is a directive for the powers and authorities the federal government is given. The 'general welfare' clause does not cancel the rest of the Constitution.
The federal government has no authority to require masks.
No State has any authority to require masks.

School districts are run by State and local governments, not run by the federal government.

 

[Into the Night]

listen, dumbfuck. it is not about forcing people in a car or truck BY THEMSELVES to wear a mask!! are you fucking crazy?

Actually it is, dumbfuck.

 

[Into the Night]

You're not supposed to remove your mask without first washing your hands. If those people have several stops to make, they're correct in leaving on their masks.

Why? Masks do not stop a virus. They are completely ineffective against a virus.

People who are not infected cannot infect anyone else. 97% of the population was never infected with covid19 (source: CDC, Census).

Masks won't stop a virus from being expelled by an infected person. Masks do not stop a healthy individual from contracting the virus.

 

[Into the Night]

Well, ya go to the Post Office, the library, and then the grocery store. Why bother putting on and taking off the mask repeatedly??

If I'm mailing a letter, I don't need to go inside that post office. I don't use the library anymore. I have my own.
As far as why bother with the masks repeatedly, why bother with them at all? Masks are completely ineffective against viruses.

 

[Into the Night]

Yea, along with the rim polishers, and sleazy three-pack-a-day waitresses in the choke and puke restaurant...

Obviously, you've never been a long haul trucker. Some of those restaurants serve damn good food.
...and don't pick a fight with one of the waitresses. It might be the last thing you ever do.

 

[Into the Night]

I happen to be extremely handsome and wearing a mask is robbing the world of my gift


Blessin’s

Good enough reason for me! Aloha.

 

[Peace n Safety]

So then that isn't you in that photo?

All I know is when we are jailed by antifa, you’re prettier than me cuz


Blessings

 

[T. A. Gardner]

Obviously, you've never been a long haul trucker. Some of those restaurants serve damn good food.
...and don't pick a fight with one of the waitresses. It might be the last thing you ever do.

 

[Peace n Safety]

I’m sure there’s a dumb ass on a hike somewhere all alone with a mask on


Blessings

 

[Into the Night]

I’m sure there’s a dumb ass on a hike somewhere all alone with a mask on


Blessings

I've already come across a few here in the Pacific Northwest.

 

[Bubba]

If I'm mailing a letter, I don't need to go inside that post office. I don't use the library anymore. I have my own.
As far as why bother with the masks repeatedly, why bother with them at all? Masks are completely ineffective against viruses.

Yeah. But if you're required to wear a mask ... Well, best to just wear it and make it as easy on yourself as possible.

 

[Hawkeye10]

Yeah. But if you're required to wear a mask ... Well, best to just wear it and make it as easy on yourself as possible.

The easy road has a nasty habit of not being the best road....as you should know.

 

[Hawkeye10]

I've already come across a few here in the Pacific Northwest.

The stupid fucks alone in a car with a mask on...surely they get the prize!

 

[no worries]

You need to touch the mask to properly adjust it over your face. Maybe you're one of those people who wears it with their nose hanging out or whatever.

That's true but pretty minimal, just adjust the tin piece on the top of the mask.

 

[no worries]

Their cars are contaminated??

I have no idea but I don't wear a mask when I'm driving.