Seat Belt Laws are stupid!!

[brokenscout]

They can pull you over for not wearing a damn seat belt,but you can ride a motorcycle and not wear a helmet....... Its another way for them to make money off tickets.What a joke

[OneGuy67]

Actually, you can't be pulled over soley for the seat belt violation; it is a secondary offense. You need to have committed a primary offense first.

State legislators have mulled this one over for the past few years and it never passes. Always too worried about cops pulling over minorities.

[Scanker19]

Or you can choose life.

[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.

[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.

[brokenscout]

Actually, you can't be pulled over soley for the seat belt violation; it is a secondary offense. You need to have committed a primary offense first.

State legislators have mulled this one over for the past few years and it never passes. Always too worried about cops pulling over minorities.

The new click it or ticket tv ads tell you how cops are trained to spot people not wearing a seat belt.They should be focusing on old people sorry Bob

[Irving]

Cite the statistics that show 50/50. I've never seen that. People who don't wear seat belts don't understand statistics. Sure, you could be in the 1 in 1,000,000,000 accident where a seat belt would be detrimental, but what about the other 99,000,000 times?

Also, if you are in a car with other people and get into an accident, your body is likely to fly around in the vehicle and further injure, or kill, the other passengers who are strapped in. I don't let people ride in my vehicle without a belt because I don't want their body slamming into me in the event of a wreck.

[hammer03]

I hate that something so stupid gets so much funding and attention. How much of our tax money gets wasted on ad campaigns and signs and other crap to tell people "buckle up it's the law" or "click it or ticket"? And how much did we pay the yahoos who came up with the catchy slogans?

Why don't we spend that money on something useful. If someone doesn't want to wear a helmet on a motorcycle, a seat belt in a car, or other stuff that will only result in their own death/dismemberment/permanent injury, why do I care?

[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