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Kyleigh's Law: Scarlet Letters for anyone under age 21

Starting May 1^st (how appropriate, "May Day") the NJ Nanny State will require every vehicle driven by a person under age 21 to display a big bright red sticker.

The Motor Vehicle Commission is unveiling red decals that motorists under the age of 21 must display on their license plates. The reflective red stickers will help police identify drivers in order to enforce restrictions on passenger limits and 11 p.m. curfews.

And should you have to ask why they're doing this, it's for the children of course. "Kyleigh's Law" is the latest knee-jerk reaction to yet another dead kid. Jon Corzine foisted this idiocy on us in response to an accident which claimed the life of 16-year-old central New Jersey high school student Kyleigh D'Alessio in 2006.

Apparently all it would have taken to negate the irresponsibility of the teen driver of the car she rode in was a rectangular red sticker. Fellow student Tanner Birch lost control of the car and it struck a tree. Tanner and Kyleigh were both killed. And thus Kyleigh's grieving mother launched a quest to pin a Scarlet Letter on every teen driver in New Jersey.

A big red reflective sticker which says "I'm under 21 and I'm alone". Yes folks, two other new laws championed by this meddlesome mother restrict under 21 drivers to one passenger and prohibit them from having a cell phone while driving.

She may as well just give out the names and addresses of every teenager in the state to all the perverts, criminals, and gang-bangers. It'll save them the trouble of running the Scarlet Letter cars off the road first before they take advantage of a defenseless teen.

The Nanny State. Taking away your freedom, and now endangering your children's lives under the guise of "protecting" them.

Posted at 13:09 by Chris Wysocki   [/nj_politics]   Comments | Archived | Perm Link |
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