spagheddie
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Had to rant, this just doesn't seem to go away.
A small sign in the front of our local Wawa's here in NJ have caused quite a ruckus recently. Wawa's btw are convenient stores like 7-11 but much better.
Anyway the sign says that if you leave your car running while you enter the store you are subject to a $3,000 fine. That's $3,000 not $300. My wife, who brought this to my attention, wanted to explain once again why we live in a Nazi state. Needless to say our entire 2hr trip down the shore was spent arguing this point.
My wife thinks it's awful that we have to abide by such a rule. I on the other hand think, what's the big deal. My POV is that turning off our cars would prevent us from having to walk through a wall of exhaust, cars would less likely to be stolen and there would be less opportunity for cars to accidently crash into store fronts. And the only thing the state is asking us to do is to turn a key.
My wife's argument is #1 why should I be forced to turn my car off and #2 what happens in the winter when you're trying to warm your car up.
Alot of people are outraged by this new law. Quite frankly I don't mind a law where the only complaint people have is that they can't continue to be lazy. If you need to shave 5-10 SECONDS off your commute to get where you're going on time, you've got problems.
Anyone else feel they are being SOOOOO inconvenienced? Or better yet anybody been nailed with this fine?
A small sign in the front of our local Wawa's here in NJ have caused quite a ruckus recently. Wawa's btw are convenient stores like 7-11 but much better.
Anyway the sign says that if you leave your car running while you enter the store you are subject to a $3,000 fine. That's $3,000 not $300. My wife, who brought this to my attention, wanted to explain once again why we live in a Nazi state. Needless to say our entire 2hr trip down the shore was spent arguing this point.
My wife thinks it's awful that we have to abide by such a rule. I on the other hand think, what's the big deal. My POV is that turning off our cars would prevent us from having to walk through a wall of exhaust, cars would less likely to be stolen and there would be less opportunity for cars to accidently crash into store fronts. And the only thing the state is asking us to do is to turn a key.
My wife's argument is #1 why should I be forced to turn my car off and #2 what happens in the winter when you're trying to warm your car up.
Alot of people are outraged by this new law. Quite frankly I don't mind a law where the only complaint people have is that they can't continue to be lazy. If you need to shave 5-10 SECONDS off your commute to get where you're going on time, you've got problems.
Anyone else feel they are being SOOOOO inconvenienced? Or better yet anybody been nailed with this fine?
I had forgotten about the "can't pump your own gas" law!!! (that I still don't understand) LOL!!!
