Seatbelt Laws...

[Unit 5302]

Driving a vehicle on public roads is not a right. If it were, then I would say people making the argument the government has no business involving itself in seat belt decisions would have a case.

Choosing not to wear a seatbelt is not a personal decision that does not impact others. It's a decision that over the total number of people that choose not to wear seatbelts costs me, and the rest of the insured drivers on the road significant amounts of money in the form of insurance premiums. That is unless insurance companies want to base rates on seat belt usage, and not pay injury claims to those who say they wear their seatbelt but get into an accident without one on (yeah, lawyers would allow that).

Despite the lack of my ability to find a true debatable issue in this matter, I too am sick of the mom and dad style of government and socialist tendancies which have become quite common in our current government.

City government and ordinances determining what color your house can be, how many electrical outlets you must have in your kitchen, how long your holiday lights can be on or laws regulating things such as peoples personal lives are absolutely ridiculous.