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No. Is there a victim if someone refuses to buckle up?
The law exists as an excuse to stop drivers and levy a tax upon them if found in violation.
The victims are the people paying the medical costs for people too stupid the wear a seatbelt. If we refused to treat anyone who wasn't privately paying I wouldn't have a problem with anyone driving unrestrained.
I admit that I do not wear seatbelts when driving "around town". But if I am on the open road, and always if I am on an expressway, that seatbelt is buckled.
Truth be told, half the people who rant about you shouldn't have to wear seat belts are old farts with big bellies.
The victims are the people paying the medical costs for people too stupid the wear a seatbelt. If we refused to treat anyone who wasn't privately paying I wouldn't have a problem with anyone driving unrestrained.
Then there are the victims who are fined for not wearing a belt. What does the govt do with all that money?
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Originally Posted by Frank DeForrest
Sorry, imaginary victims are no reason for a law. We should seek ways for individuals to be responsible for their own habits and behaviours, not collectivize them and then pass ineffective laws that only serve to make people poorer and the government richer.
So basically you just made the case. You wear your seat belt because you want to, right? I do too.
WE don't need someone telling us we need to like children, and those who do... well they'll figure out another way to go stupidly, like jumping head first into a murky lake. It's the thinning of the herd, and a win win!
We just need to protect stupid people, it's just that simple and it's not a big deal unless someone wants it to be.
I hear about the safety issue with seat belts, but then we allow much riskier behavior to go without punishment.
Ex. Smoking. Skydiving. Base Jumping. Eating bad food. Etc.
With other risky behaviors its simply accounted for in your insurance.
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