(03-30-2022, 05:57 AM)HereOnThePrimalEdge Wrote: Restrictions still in place that we could meaningfully protest against:
* Every gas pump has a warning not to use a cell phone while fueling your vehicle. Take a look the next time you fill up in Pahoa, Keaau, or Hilo. Did you know there has never been a single incident of a cell phone starting a fire at a gas pump?
* On December 22,2001, an airline passenger unsuccessfully tried to ignite an explosive hidden in his shoes. Over 20 years later TSA in Hilo, Kona, and everywhere else still require that we remove footwear in order to board a plane.
* Auto insurance companies claim they base our rates on actual risk. For instance, the more miles you drive, the more likely you are to be involved in an accident. And yet during COVID lockdowns when many of us drove 90% less than usual, insurance companies graciously and boisterously announced they would give drivers a 5%! or 10% discount! When you literally were of almost no risk to your insurance company. Even if you did drive, there was almost no one driving on Highway 130 or Highway 11 you could have an accident with. The lack of cars on the road was measurable with seismic equipment.
1) Cell phones don't cause your car to crash either. The idea is that distracted gas pumping is as dangerous as distracted driving. Meh, I would argue that is probably not really the case but it is what it is.
2) I haven't removed my shoes at a TSA checkpoint in years.
3) My auto insurance was lowered 20% during the lockdowns, without the company once asking me if my miles were actually reduced or not. (If they were, they weren't reduced by 20%).