I'm not a fan of Amos.
Something about him rubs me the wrong way. When I see him all I think is that this guy is a politician and he wasn't/isn't ready for the big chair.
Now we have this coming down the pike and it confirms my impressions. This guy wants Marines to be warrior and to close with and destroy the enemy, wants them to fight tooth and nail to be the best Marine possible...and this is what he's worried about????
Seat belts save lives.
But this kind of micro management.
Time for you to go buddy.
Something about him rubs me the wrong way. When I see him all I think is that this guy is a politician and he wasn't/isn't ready for the big chair.
Now we have this coming down the pike and it confirms my impressions. This guy wants Marines to be warrior and to close with and destroy the enemy, wants them to fight tooth and nail to be the best Marine possible...and this is what he's worried about????
Hey. I get it!MARINE CORPS LOGISTICS BASE BARSTOW, Calif. — The punishment has increased for not wearing a seatbelt while driving aboard a Marine Corps installation under Marine Corps Traffic Safety Program Drivesafe Order 5100.19F. The enhanced MCO signed by Commandant of the Marine Corps, General John F. Amos, Nov. 29, 2011, adds to the already existing burden of losing private automobile driving privileges aboard base for a period of time, said Brian Korves, safety officer, MCLB Barstow.
“The first violation (for driving without a license) is a 30 day suspension of all base driving privileges to include privately owned vehicles and government owned vehicles, so if you drive for work you can’t drive for 30 days,” Korves said, “plus attendance of an improved remedial driver improvement course.”
For those drivers who still refuse to obey traffic laws by driving without a seatbelt, Korves said the penalties increase.
“The second offense is loss of driving privileges aboard base for six months,” he said. “The third offense is one year without driving a POV or GOV on the base.”
That means an offending driver’s employment could be severely affected.
“If you’re a forklift operator you’re out of a job,” Korves said.
The harsher across the board policy is being implemented, Korves said, because many drivers still are not getting the message.
“The seatbelt laws have been in place since the ‘80s and you still have people refusing to wear their seatbelts, that’s one of the reasons I believe they’re making the punishment harsher,” he said.
The stiffer penalties will inspire most drivers to not take a chance by driving without one.
“If they make this painful for a person then a person is more likely to comply with the laws,” Korves said.
“Let’s look at it this way,” he continued. “You get caught not wearing your seatbelt you get 30 days not driving. You get in to an accident not wearing your seatbelt and you’re dead. Which one is harsher?”
The bottom line is simple, Korves said.
“Seat belts save lives. I believe that this increased penalty for not wearing your seatbelt will make the base a safer place to drive,” he said.
Seat belts save lives.
But this kind of micro management.
This crazy ass punishment for not wearing a seat belt has gone too far. We need a warrior Commandant, not a damn safety Nazi.
Sol,
ReplyDeleteYou are way off base. I know Gen Amos and he is a warrior. AS CG 3rd MAW, his only conern was our ability to fight and support Marines. Other PC nonsense went out the window. During OIF 1 he did not follow the Navy and Air Force rules and had the airwing fly as low as needed to support the Marines on the Ground. He even approved a bold low altitude, night, napalm strike in bad weather to support Marines taking the bridge outside Al Kut.
The fact that he signed a new policy about seat belts does not reflect on him or any other Commandant. The conversation probably went something like this. "Sir, we have lost X number of Marines over the last year in crashes where they were not wearing their seat belt. We have come up with a new, strict,order that we feel will make Marines wear their seatbelts. Will you sign it?" Gen Amos "Yes"
Do you really think he is spending anymore time then it took to read the above conversation on the issue?
While I do not agree with everything Gen Amos has said and I never have agreed with all the decisions that Commandants in the past have made, I think we need to cut them some slack. Unfortunetly, the Commandant is very much a politcal post, which I think would be difficult assignment for any Marine. Working in the current political environment would be extremely difficult and I do not think any of us have the big picture on the "micromanagement" and political correctness coming from higher down to the Commandant.