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Seat Belt Laws

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  • One federal seat belt law, but just for children

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Should there be one federal seat belt law declaring that every person in the vehicle should be wearing one whenever the vehicle is moving? Should I remain up to the states? Should some people be exempt from seat belt laws? Should there be seat belt laws at all for adults?

Discuss. :)
 
That's outside the federal government jurisdiction, I think.

We don't answer to the feder government or judiciary if something happens b/c of our driving or seatbelt use/non use - we answer to the state for all those things.
 
There should be no seat belt laws.
 
Should there be one federal seat belt law declaring that every person in the vehicle should be wearing one whenever the vehicle is moving? Should I remain up to the states? Should some people be exempt from seat belt laws? Should there be seat belt laws at all for adults?

Discuss. :)

I voted "Leave it up to the states." I don't oppose seatbelt laws. They make for safer cars on the road and less injuries in event of accidents. Oh, yeah, there are many purists who say, "The government ought to just keep their nose out of it." But really? STFU.

Effective January 1, 2012, Illinois passed a law that every person in a car has to have a seatbelt on (or be in a carseat), even backseat passengers. Good law. Seatbelts save lives...decrease the likelihood of serious injury. Unfortunately, just as there are motorcyclists who refuse to wear a helmet, there are organ donors waiting to happen everywhere. I just hope they've signed the necessary paperwork.
 
There should be a waiver you can sign that exempts you from seat belt laws that says you waive your right any taxpayer assistance whatsoever for you or your family if you are killed or disabled in a crash, starting with the ambulance or hearse.
 
I voted "Leave it up to the states." I don't oppose seatbelt laws. They make for safer cars on the road and less injuries in event of accidents. Oh, yeah, there are many purists who say, "The government ought to just keep their nose out of it." But really? STFU.

Effective January 1, 2012, Illinois passed a law that every person in a car has to have a seatbelt on (or be in a carseat), even backseat passengers. Good law. Seatbelts save lives...decrease the likelihood of serious injury. Unfortunately, just as there are motorcyclists who refuse to wear a helmet, there are organ donors waiting to happen everywhere. I just hope they've signed the necessary paperwork.

My only concern with doing it state by state is that one could be perfectly fine in one state and be out of compliance in another, due to some requirements not meeting. Car makers would possibly have a heck of a time trying to make cars that worked for every state too.
 
There should be a waiver you can sign that exempts you from seat belt laws that says you waive your right any taxpayer assistance whatsoever for you or your family if you are killed or disabled in a crash, starting with the ambulance or hearse.

That's retarded. I pay taxes, I can gain access to any of that even if I don't wear a seatbelt. It's not the government's job to protect me from me. I don't wear a helmet when on my motorcycle for instance. I hate my helmet, it sucks ass. If I wreck and die, I paid taxes and they can hose my body off the road. but it ain't the government's place to say I can't. There should be no seat belt laws.
 
That's retarded. I pay taxes, I can gain access to any of that even if I don't wear a seatbelt....

why should I, as a taxpayer, enable your poor decisions and be expected to flip the bill for them?
 
Should there be one federal seat belt law declaring that every person in the vehicle should be wearing one whenever the vehicle is moving? Should I remain up to the states? Should some people be exempt from seat belt laws? Should there be seat belt laws at all for adults?

Discuss. :)

I believe there should be single federal seat belt law for everyone regardless of age.There are exceptions to that like motorcycles,scooters, babies in car seats and baby carriers (although those things are secured with a seatbelt) and ect.That said it should not be an offense that police can pull you over for.
 
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I believe there should be seatbelt laws for everyone regardless of age.That said it should not be an offense that police can pull you over for.

Isn't that contradictory?
 
I chose that there should be no seat belt laws for adults. If you want to put yourself in danger, fine.
 
Isn't that contradictory?

Nope. It ensures that police can not use it as an excuse to have seat belt check points or go I swore I saw people not wearing seatbelts as an excuse to pull someone over. If they are pulled over for speeding or some other traffic offense then the police can then check to see if the passengers are buckled.
 
so you also believe cocaine, crack, meth, and heroine should be legal?

Care to explain why you think people shouldn't be able to kill themselves with bad choices?
 
The States generally create the rules for the road so leave it up to the States to decide the laws regarding seat belts.
 
Care to explain why you think people shouldn't be able to kill themselves with bad choices?

People hooked on cocaine, crack, meth and heroine kill and otherwise destroy complete innocents...cost society billions of dollars...destroy neighborhoods..,apartment complexes...trailer parks. A civilized society has laws for the safety and protection of its citizens.
 
People hooked on cocaine, crack, meth and heroine kill and otherwise destroy complete innocents...cost society billions of dollars...destroy neighborhoods..,apartment complexes...trailer parks.

So they committed crimes? So why not just deal with those crimes?

A civilized society has laws for the safety and protection of its citizens.

No, government is the collective organization of the legal defense of our rights and liberties. How does your prevention techniques maintain liberty?
 
because we are a civilized society, not jungle-people.

I'm not sure how anything I said has anything to do with how it would be in the jungle. Care to explain?
 
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so you also believe cocaine, crack, meth, and heroine should be legal?

Not comparable. If you choose to not wear your seat belt, you aren't in danger of hurting anyone but yourself. If you do meth or heroine, it's very likely that you could hurt someone else.
 
I am against seat belt laws of any kind. I think Texas passed our seat belt law back in ~1983. I never put mine on until I was ticketed for not wearing one in 1993. I've worn it ever since that day.

I just feel that it's too much. Why can't you take it off when you're in a traffic jam, or a residential speed zone? Am I really going to cost tax-payers if someone dents my fender? I'm a tax-payer too.

I know that many of you are going to freak out about this, but I didn't wear a bicycle helmet when I was growing up, and I remember when we were all free to move about the car cabin.
 
Do some states in the US not have mandatory seatbelt laws?
 
Accurately finding who is at fault in an 'accident' is essentially impossible. So in an accident where someone hasn't taken reasonable self-protection, seatbelt or helmet, and is injured then they should bare a significant responsibility for their injuries. The legal expenses are large for settling how much your failure to where a seat belt contributed to your injuries increases my insurance costs. And I sill have to pay for those that can't afford their injuries and end up in a ER with the public paying. Also from what I've seen it's frequently the stupid poor people in their poorly maintained cars that aren't wearing their seat belts.
 
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