Privilege not a right

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SyrenSkywolf

SyrenSkywolf

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I will probably get flamed by a few people for posting this, but a belief I have held for ages has just been reaffirmed.

Owning and driving an RV is a privilege, not a right. If you don't have enough brain cells to drive one, don't own one. Cutting across two rv spots at an angle to switch to a different aisle and taking out the power box and water spigot in the process should be grounds for barring you from owning one.

He cut power for a second as a result, and now there is a nice lake outside. (happened in the two spots next to us)

*shakes head in disgust*
 

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While camping in the Holiday Trav-L-Park in Va. Beach I awoke to the new neighbor who had put his TT on the wooden decking and had to stretch his electric and sewage and water connections to reach the stand-offs. His camper tires were breaking the deck ends off and he had to park his tow truck in the grass, which got tore up fast, and ignored the paved parking area..go figure. Was kind of surprised the management didn't scold him.
 
Being stupid is not illegal. You think the jails are full now?

Perhaps looking at it in a different light would help. How many jobs did he create/save? And he provided you with a great story and pictures, you couldn't pay me to do that and yet he did it for free.

ken
 
Umm...who ever said anything about jails? I think you are stretching the subject here. I'm talking not allowed to drive one, not throwing them in jail o_O

Wow
 
Oh, and btw, the owner does his own work on it, and the few things he doesn't do, he has friends who do
 
SyrenSkywolf said:
Umm...who ever said anything about jails? I think you are stretching the subject here. I'm talking not allowed to drive one, not throwing them in jail o_O

Wow
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Agreed..acting stupidly was the topic..wonder how he explained it to his insurance agent.
 
SyrenSkywolf said:
Owning and driving an RV is a privilege, not a right.
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I have checked with the Bill of Rights and I didn't see one that pertained to owning an RV. Who said it was a right?

If you don't have enough brain cells to drive one, don't own one.
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If a person doesn't have enough brain cells to drive one then they would not have enough brain cells to know they shouldn't own one.
Cutting across two rv spots at an angle to switch to a different aisle and taking out the power box and water spigot in the process should be grounds for barring you from owning one.
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You are blaming the driver? He was obviously drunk. Blame the liquor.
 
He was probably from Colorado and too distraught listening to the game which was on when he got here.
 
seilerbird said:

I have checked with the Bill of Rights and I didn't see one that pertained to owning an RV. Who said it was a right?
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Not withstanding his obvious lack of driving skill, consideration of others property, etc. The U.S. Constitution says it is his right according the Ninth Amendment.  :)
Wikepedia extract.
Ninth Amendment ?  Protection of rights not specifically enumerated in the Constitution.The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.Bob
 
Well, there you have it.

The guy was heading home from his brothers funeral, cross country. He is in his 70's and has Parkinson's. My grandmother had Parkinson's. You DON'T drive if you have it. Especially a motorhome. I really don't get it.
 
A few years back I awoke in the middle of the night with my furnace blowing cold air (it was in the 20s outside) because the battery ran down.  That was strange, since I was plugged into electricity.

I got dressed and went outside, to find that my new neighbor had plugged my electrical cord into a 20 amp socket, whose breaker had blown, and plugged his rig into the 30 amp socket in my box.  I swapped the cords, putting his into the 20 amp socket and mine back in the 30 amp where it belonged.

The next morning I encountered him and he was livid.  Seems the 20 amp breaker popped in the middle of his morning shower, leaving him soaped up with no hot water.  His diesel pusher was all electric and needed 50 amp service.  This was a 30 amp park and a 30 to 50 amp adapter wouldn't do, 30 amps wasn't enough to run everything in his rig.  So he made his own solution by getting a 50 to dual 30 amp adapter and 30 amp extension cords so he could plug into two pedestals.

He said he couldn't imagine how my small trailer could use the full 30 amps and hated to see the power go to waste.
 
Nit picked in another forum at greater length.

He has the right to own it

DRIVING it, and of course parking in any given RV park,  That is a priveledge.  One for which clearly this RVer is not qualified.

If it were my park, He'd get a bill for the repairs (50 amp upgrade if it was a 30 amp site) and a command to let park personnell either escort him out or drive it out, and DO NOT RETURN (At the end of his stay).

 
I was referring more to driving, sorry for not wording it a little better I guess? I know they got his insurance information and everything last night, and they did admit to it.
 
Sorry, can't blame liquor, that's like blaming a hand gun for a murder.... someone had to pull the trigger.  As for the damage..... negligent offender is responsible, that's for sure.  Regulated, constitutional, rights, privileged, what-ever.... just plain stupid seems to applicable.
 
there is two sides to every story.
in all fairness we should here his excuse before convicting and hanging him.
 
Paul & Ann said:
Driving is a right, albeit a regulated right.

Paul
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I have to disagree. Driving is not a right no matter how you slice it. Driving is a privilege.
 
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