Seat Belt Laws are stupid!!

[DD977GM2]

I think seat belt lawas are dumb also. Statistics show a 50/50 chance of wearing it or not wearing it as far as survival goes in
a severe care wreck.

I think it should be an individual choice. I hate wearing them and only do so
when the company vehicle I am driving has the company policy and also I
dont want to be trapped in a vehicle because my seatbelt is jacked up from a wreck and can not undo the buckle and my knife is not in reach.

[GilpinGuy]

I agree the law is uncalled for. I have never not worn my seatbelt on the other hand. Just raised that way I guess, but to each his own.

The only person that can possibly be harmed by you not wearing it is you. And don't get me started with the "well, health costs for those injured raise insurance rates for all of us" bullshit. That's the cost of living in a "free" society. Sorry.

Of course the pussyfication of America continues, so we have laws like this.

ETA: Irving has a point about bodies flying around. So I guess it's your choice to ride with someone who does/does not wear a seatbelt. Maybe, if you have kids in the car, it should be required. Maybe.

[brokenscout]

Its about personal freedom.I got shot in the chest and I don't want gun control.Its all about how you want to live your life

[cstone]

Gun Laws are stupid!

Wait, what was this thread about?

[brokenscout]

Or you can choose life.

I wear my seat belt,but I don't like someone telling me that I have to.Went from the back seat through the front winshield of a car had brain surjury, was told if i'd just been wearing the lap belt it would have been worse.

[theGinsue]

I wear my seat belt,but I don't like someone telling me that I have to.Went from the back seat through the front winshield of a car had brain surjury, was told if i'd just been wearing the lap belt it would have been worse.

I *always* wear a seat belt as well, but agree that adults shouldn't have it mandated as to how they will be safe. I tink anyone under the age of 18 should be required to wear a seatbelt but over 18 - if you don't want to wear it & are in an accident where it would have saved you...more chlorine for teh gene pool.

Of course, there is the arguement that it keeps insurance rates down when insurance companies don't have to pay for all of the injuries/deaths from those who would have been injured/killed otherwise... I think that's just another one of those crock of sh!t comments that get espoused over stuff like this. I'm old enough to have been driving before most (if not all) states implemented mandatory seatbelt usage. When the law went into effect I didn't see $1 discount. Nope, they pocketed all of the supposed "savings".

[45XD]

Or you can choose life.

.... except you are completely missing the point...

[gcrookston]

We don't need no stinkin' badges.... I mean seat belts...

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=624_1338137425

[brokenscout]

I just heard during "click it or suck it" the fines are double?

[KevDen2005]

I just heard during "click it or suck it" the fines are double?

I never heard that. But I guess I wouldn't know, my PD is still trying to get me to make an actual traffic stop. Can't write tickets if I don't pull people over. Can't imagine why my supervisor hates me.