Seat Belt Laws are stupid!!

[Clint45]

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.

In Colorado that may be the case, but in other states they will pull you over if they don't see a seatbelt across your chest. Of course, those are the same states that will pull you over for talking (not texting) on your cellphone, and will issue DUI tickets for sleeping it off in your backseat rather than driving home from the pub.

[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.

[trlcavscout]

They cant pull you over for no seatbelt, BUT they will come up with some BS excuse to pull you over then ticket you. I had a prick claim i was swerving a few years ago so he could pull me over and ticket me for no seat belt. But he was fishing, he claimed a chip in the lower right hand side of my windsheild was ticketable, he claimed i was drinking, he jacked with me for like 20 minutes. Turned out the job i was late to because of him was his supervisor and that he was fresh on the street. Needless to say his supervisor got rescheduled.