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IF you don't wear a seat belt fine. But I also think paramedics should save that person as a last priority since a person driving a car without a seat belt clearly don't value his life very much.
So I guess we should have a law prohibiting family men from riding a motorcycle too, right?
Have you ever seen what happens to most folk when involved in a bad motorcycle accident?
Yes I have. Motorcyclist skidded into a another car right in front of us as we were leaving a hospital parking lot. No helmet and her head was smashed.
It's the oddest of positions to me, being a full blown liberal that is.
On one hand they support massive welfare programs with little to no oversight.
Only to wish outlawing smoking, drinking, driving without seat belts...etc. Since they feel they're paying for everyone else, now they wish to control how everyone else lives.
Self fulfilling prophecies and a boot on your neck.
Just like:
They hate fossil fuels because they want to save the trees and nature... all while wind generators they love kill millions of birds and animals each year. Never mind the swaths of trees cleared out to build massive wind and solar farms.
Like I said: not strong forward thinkers
Like most people I am mixed bag when it comes to ideology.
Seatbelts, pro or con, is bipartisan.
Most who decline tend to be young males so maybe it's a maturity thing.
Then there are the victims who are fined for not wearing a belt. What does the govt do with all that money?
Pay the officers who write the tickets when they are not busy running into a community college with an active shooting in progress, while everyone else is running out.
Never thought there would be 5+ pages on this discussion but I'm for seat belt laws but voted as the single "unsure" since it strangely was an option. Even after 5 pages of comments, not sure if anybody could truly be undecided on seat belt laws.
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.
Smokers with individual heal are plans have been paying higher premiums than non smokers for about 15 years.
If you want to buy life insurance you are asked about risky behaviors and often require a physical. Your plan may exempt certain activities unless you buy a rider to cover them.
Healthcare premiums are based on actuarial risks. That 70% of us are overweight/ obese and thus more vulnerable to otherwise preventable risks, is baked into the cost. Those who manage a normal range weight/ waist size subsidize the majority who do not.
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Actually for seat belt laws
