Originally Posted by
ExperimentalAB
.....Jeeeezus tell me when just one restriction the gov't has imposed on you has done you any good....
-Car Speed limit laws: People can't smash into me at 140 miles per
hour.
-Laws against drug possession and use: Helps ensure people don't get high on meth or crack, and smash me in the head with a bottle.
-Laws against drinking and driving: People can't get drunk and smash into me.
-ATC minimum spacing requirements: Keeps other airplanes from smashing into me.
-Instrument Flight Rules: Allows me to fly an airplane in the clouds without smashing into things
-Instrument Approach Procedure: Allows me to land an airplane without smashing into anything.
-Aircraft right of way rules- Keeps other aircraft from cutting me off, or smashing into me.
-Minimum experience requirements for Private Pilot License: Ensures I can't pack an aircraft full of people with zero flight hours, and smash it into something.
-Positive ATC control in Class A Airspace: Ensures I don't smash into anyone, and no one smashes into me.
-Minimum IFR Altitudes: Ensures I don't smash into a mountain.
-Minimum Rest Requirements: Helps ensure I fly with a certain amount of rest, to help keep me from flying fatigued and smashing into things.
-Etc., etc., etc....