Coming soon: the state Department of Tire Checkers?
To the editor:
In response to your Thursday editorial regarding a bill to require mandatory tire pressure checks in Nevada:
How many taxpayers out there wonder, as I do, why many politicians have a particular propensity to be on the wrong side of "the law of unintended consequences"?
Do we really need a law to make us use common sense about the air pressure in our tires? Aren't service facilities with the proper compressors already doing this as a courtesy or upon request? Are we not capable of spending some loose change at the air pressure facilities at gas stations?
One would think that the politicians in Carson City, especially during these economic times, would have more constructive things to do than sit around making up dumb laws on our time. Maybe some are just too busy pretending to be busy to think their way through this, or maybe they wish to mirror the current administration at the federal level in its desires to control every aspect of our lives.
Mandatory tire pressure checks at smog stations? Beautiful. And guess what? This will require many smog stations to purchase additional equipment. Who pays? Signs will be posted at smog stations and perhaps other service facilities stating section and paragraph of the new law -- and underneath there will be another sign stating an additional fee is required.
We can only hope that there are some politicians in Carson City who will stand up and fight such nonsense.
AL CIRCILLO
LAS VEGAS
To the editor:
State Sen. Mike Schneider, D-Las Vegas, has drawn up a bill to make checking tire pressure mandatory at auto service centers.
This is surely one of the cornerstones of the senator's career. Maybe he can tout this accomplishment as a jobs creation bill, too.
After all, the tires will need to be checked by someone. Maybe the state will license the tire checkers. Then the state can charge a tire checker licensing fee, a renewal fee and fines for tire checker errors. Then we can't forget that the Department of Tire Checkers will require staffing, office space, benefits and on and on.
Give me a break.
Enough with this nanny state nonsense.
BRUCE FEHER
LAS VEGAS
