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Texas legislature accidentally makes license plates optional

http://www.thenewspaper.com

During an update to the state's driving laws, the Texas legislature inadvertently removed the penalty for driving without a license plate. What was formerly a $200 fine now has no penalty. The new law goes into effect on January 1, 2012, and they won't be able to update it until January of 2013.

The Attorney General is trying to claim that it's implied, but it doesn't look like he has any ground to stand on. http://www.chron.com/news/article/Lawmakers-error-omits-Texas-license-pl...

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Amish men ordered to jail after refusing to pay fines on buggy

http://www.courier-journal.com

Mose Yoder was told he owed $158 in fines and court costs for refusing to display a bright orange-red safety triangle on the back of his horse-drawn buggy. Judge Deborah Hawkins Crooks sentenced nine Amish men to between three and 10 days in jail, beginning late Monday night, for their refusal to pay the fines on religious grounds.

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Private Citizens Perform $4 Million Road Repair Job For Free in 8 Days

http://www.economicsjunkie.com

Their livelihood was being threatened, and they were tired of waiting for government help, so business owners and residents on Hawaii’s Kauai island pulled together and completed a $4 million repair job to a state park — for free.

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Offensive Bumper Stickers?

http://www.wkrn.com

Can bumper stickers be considered offensive? If a bumper sticker is considered offensive can a person be fined? Read more here:

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Judge Imposes Lifetime Driving Ban on 17-Year-Old

http://connecticut.cbslocal.com

Local man-in-robe decrees teenager may never drive again due to involvement in serious accident.

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New car purchases to have a mandatory black box installed.

http://www.examiner.com

They've been talking about this since OBDII came out in '96. The original purpose would have been to check the vehicle's emissions "Ready Status" (from roadside transponders, and if the car had failed, it could be flagged, a notice sent to the owner, and in the event of noncompliance, the car could be remotely disabled.

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20 Facts You Won't Want To Read About America's Infrastructure

http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com

Decaying infrastructure is everywhere. Our roads and bridges are crumbling and are full of holes. Our rail system is ancient. Our airports and runways have definitely seen their better days. Aging sewer systems all over the country are leaking raw sewage all over the place. The power grid is straining to keep up with the ever-increasing thirst of the American people for electricity. Dams are failing at an unprecedented rate. Virtually all of our ports are handling far more traffic than they were ever intended to handle.

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Make the Roads Safer... With Weed!

http://blogs.wsj.com

8.7%: The drop in traffic fatalities in states with medical marijuana laws. Want to make the road safer? Encourage drivers to hit the bong rather than hit the bars. That is a policy prescription that few people would recommend but it is effectively the course that states which have enacted medical marijuana laws have followed, according to an economic study.

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Red Light Cameras

http://thenewspaper.com

Red light cameras....Virginia D.O.T. Read more here:

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Created by LoveFreedomAndL... 30 weeks 4 days ago – Made popular 29 weeks 4 days ago
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DUI New Law

http://www.nashvillecriminallawreport.com

Is consent needed for a blood alcohol test? Read more here:

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Created by LoveFreedomAndL... 20 weeks 4 days ago – Made popular 20 weeks 3 days ago
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