Click It Or Ticket

If they really want to get people to wear their seatbelts, just make it so insurance companies don't have to cover you if you are in an accident while not wearing one.

This is another example of how liberal brains work; it's your body, your choice when it comes to abortion, but somehow that freedom doesn't apply to wearing a seatbelt.

I think that tobacco will never be illegal as other things are as you have stated. I think it will never be passed even though i am not a smoker and hate it very much i think such a thing will never be passed and i don't have my reasons at all, but i guess its just a thought for now then.

The click it or ticket is effective were i live and if a cop suspects you of not wearing your seat belt now you can get pulled over for not wearing it and get a ticket as a law was passed for that.

I see you are all about the goverment and if i sky diver jumps from a plane with out his parachute opening up i think that should not be a crime at all as it really isn't all his fault at all, or just the way the parachute was packed and probably not packed correctly in his bag, so that when he pulled his string to open up his parachute it didnt open up at all and i would imagine this to be a very scary thing.

I live in the last state in the union with no seat belt law for those over 18. Our legislature tried again this year to get one implimented, but it died an agonizing death and is now sitting in legistation pergitory. In fact, a similar law cannot be brought up for another 2 years. I was appaled at all the out of state and national groups that were interfering in this, nothing burns my arse more than a bucnh of flat landers comming in to my state trying to tell us how to run my state. If you don't like our laws or lack there of....than stay the hell out of my state. If you want to live in a nanny state, than pass all the laws you want...IN YOUR OWN STATE.

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In a way I agree with you. Your body, your choice. I myself, am responsible and intelligent enough to wear my seat belt for my own safety and those in my car will wear theirs for their safety. Although I do understand the part about why do we need the government telling us what is best for us...in this case I am glad they are doing this... not because I need it, but because there are so many people out there in on-coming traffic that need it. I have seen kids crawling the back seats out of seat belts and they would get killed if an accident happened... just cause their parents were not responsible enough to make sure they were safe. I am glad they did the car seat law too - someone needs to protect the kids if the parents don't care enough to do so.

If a person that is licensed to drive... thereby assumingly intelligent enough to do it responsibly, chooses not to wear a seat belt.. yes, that is their choice, but the problem comes when they have an accident and get hurt and try to take it out on the other driver... the law suits pile up and there are so many loop holes in the legal system that a driver that did hit the person without the seat belt could be liable for all injuries to the other person...which could have been avoided if that other person had worn their seat belt.

I really don't see the big issue of wearing them anyway. Not like they are uncomfortable or restraining or "in the way". THey make them with all kinds of comfort features. Bottom line.. do you want to be safe or have things your way? If everyone was wearing them all this time.. there wouldn't be a law now to wear them.

(and I use the word "you", as an adjective pronoun... not directing it to "you" as the author of this post!)

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Not wearing a seat belt became a primary offense in Florida recently meaning that we can be pulled over for that alone. Oddly enough, Florida has no helmet law so motorcyclists are free to risk serious head injuries while I'm belted inside of my vehicle. No, I don't believe it's the government's job to become society's babysitter.

We've had the seat belt law for a number of years. I believe there's also child restraint laws of how big a kid has to be before they can go without a car seat. We don't have a helmet law though because of some bad wording in the law or something like that.

They already do this in my state. Originally, they couldn't stop you for it, but could ticket you for it if they stopped you for something else. It's just another way for the state to make money on tickets.

Pro-seatbelt-law people will tell you that injuries from auto accidents will push up the cost of health care, etc. Strangely, these are also the same people who want you to pay for everyone's health care through a universal healthcare plan.

In no-fault states you would probably be covered no matter what, since most will cover the driver even if they contribute to their injuries as long as they weren't eluding the police, committing a felony or high on drugs or alcohol. But if your accident was the other guy's fault, you can bet that any settlement with his insurance company will be reduced by your contributory negligence in not wearing your seat belt. That's your choice and the consequences are yours, too.

I think everyone should wear a seat belt, because it's the smart thing to do. But government shouldn't be regulating it for adults. Sure, protect children but let the adults be stupid if they want to be. Seat belt laws seem innocuous, but it's just another example of the erosion of personal liberty and responsibility.

I hadn't thought about sky diving deaths. It's an area where the government let's you be foolish without regulation. Of course they will tell you more people die in car accidents, but that's really just because more people drive than jump out of airplanes. More people drive than fly in airplanes, so airplane deaths are lower than highway deaths. Of course, in a car accident you are at least already on the ground and can get out of the car if it's about to explode. I think that makes most people feel safer than having an explosion at 20,000 feet.

In the long run, we are heading towards a total nanny state.

Well I have 2 brothers and both have been in wrecks. One was told the seat belt saved his life, the other was told he would of died if he had, had his seat belt on. I know in most cased it probably will save your life, but I think it is a choice that you should make not the government. I have a pickup truck, I have to sit so close to the steering wheel that when I put the seat belt on, it literly cuts into my neck, I spend my whole driving time pulling and trying to get it out of my face. Seems to me that I am spending more time messing with the seat belt than paying attention to the road. Not all people are perfect fit for using the seat belt.
As for cigarettes, another thing that the government wants to stick their nose into. Whether I smoke or not should be up to me. They complain about the cost to insurance for people who smoke, damn I sure haven't killed any one smoking my cigarette like the ones do that are drunk on the road. But I don't see them making booze illegal. Government has too many other things like N Korea, Iran, etc to worry about and need to leave our lives alone. We each do things that are good and bad for us, I do agree that they should raise the cigarette laws to 21, anything that would keep the younger crowd from smoking,but if government spent more time governing and not as much time sticking their nose into our lives maybe they could get something done.

Our slimy legislature and Governor knew they couldn't pass such a draconian bill on its own, so they illegally added it to the last "budget" bill.

Piss on the tyrants!