Seat Belt Laws are stupid!!

[Irving]

and will issue DUI tickets for sleeping it off in your backseat rather than driving home from the pub.

Pretty sure Colorado does this.

[stevelkinevil]

Pretty sure Colorado does this.

Yep they can if the keys are in the ignition. I think its total BS but it sure does generate revenue.

[Fentonite]

I posted the following on 12/23/10:

Yesterday, a car with a man, woman, and their daughter rolled over on the highway. The man was not wearing his seatbelt, and was partially ejected, then dragged under the car until it stopped. His wife and daughter, who were buckled-up, were ok.

My wife was one of the paramedics who responded. She got to explain to the wife and daughter that their husband/daddy was dead, and then help them though the viewing of their mangled love one on the highway.

That family will never be the same. Christmas will forever have a new meaning to them. They'll never forget that gruesome scene (I'm omitting details out of respect). I maintain that it is not the government's place to be our nanny. Don't wear your seatbelt just because the government says so. Wear it for your wives and daughters.

I believe it is a man's job to protect his family. There are those who will reject common sense and good judgment and continue to refuse to wear a seatbelt, only because they are ass-hurt about being told to do so. When your choices result in your wife and daughter crying while kneeling in your innards, you have failed as a husband and father.

Not even going to address the whole issue of the unfair distribution of healthcare costs attributed to unrestrained drivers. That would lead to an analogy to socialism, and feelings would get hurt.

[BlasterBob]

I wonder how soon some enterprising person will make T-shirts with a picture of a seat belt, silk screened across the front of the shirt.

[Irving]

Or a T-shirt with that lady hanging from a tree by a seatbelt around her neck.

[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.

[dorsum]

I used to think the same thing, until I watched a low speed accident happen right in front of me. Both the driver and passenger were not wearing seat belts and left nice forehead sized impressions in the windshield. Screwed both of them up pretty bad. I have worn mine ever since. ymmv