Literally, for the life of me, I do not understand how an entire CNMI Legislature cannot deal with a simple piece of legislation that would save lives in the Commonwealth by eliminating windshield tint in the front windshields of automobiles and trucks.<\/p>\n
Figuratively, there\u2019s nothing more transparent about them, and the people they must be listening to, because this legislation that has been endorsed by the Department of Public Safety, the Hotel Association of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Saipan Garment Manufacturers Association, the Northern Marianas College, the Saipan Chamber of Commerce, the Saipan Contractors Association, federal safety officials and all the other Members of the Northern Marianas Alliance for Safety and Health is still sitting around\u2014after all the \u201ctransparency\u201d about the cooling effects, needed statistics to prove beyond a doubt that less tint actually saves lives (let alone more kills), rewriting the legislation, of course, and, yes, Committee reports.<\/p>\n
This is an island of pedestrians, where the government can\u2019t even afford to properly install pedestrian crosswalks, lighting and sidewalks. Therefore, it makes no sense whatsoever to allow for dark tinted windshields to make it even harder for drivers to see the people that either come to visit or work here.<\/p>\n
What\u2019s not transparent is that the largest purchaser of tinted windshields in fleet vehicles is the government, itself.<\/p>\n
Printed in an October 26 newspaper article was \u201cBan on tinted auto windows pushed\u201d from Majuro, where included in the same proposal was a requirement that taxi drivers would also have to show proof that they do not have tuberculosis and other communicable diseases.<\/p>\n
What are we, advanced, or just terminally unique?<\/p>\n
Richard A. Pierce
\nCo-Chairman
\nNorthern Marianas Alliance for Safety and Health<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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