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AND, as I noted earlier. Mandating people to wear seat belts only increased seat belt use by about 10%. This is just ANOTHER way for the government to take our money.
Still an increase in usage of seatbelts, which means more lives saved, less people ejected from cars or killing/injuring the others in the vehicles because they weren't wearing a seatbelt. Plus, it increases more when the laws are primary enforcement, rather than just secondary enforcement.
Primary Enforcement of Seat Belt Use Laws Saves Lives and Reduces Injuries | National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
Heck since most states have secondary seatbelt enforcement laws (meaning a person cannot be pulled over to be cited solely for not wearing their seatbelt), it means that most people who get cited for not wearing a seatbelt were doing something else to get pulled over for as well. If the state wants to make money, it doesn't really need seatbelt laws. People do enough stupid stuff on the roads that is illegal and ticketable.
And seatbelt usage has went up far more than just 10%. Since the early 90s, when the first seatbelt laws really started being enforced, seatbelt usage has gone up almost 20%-25%.
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=10&ved=0CIABEBYwCQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nhtsa.gov%2Fstaticfiles%2Fnti%2Fpdf%2F811232.pdf&ei=yGLuUojJEIG-qwGz1oCoDw&usg=AFQjCNGUafA9i4lHYiYyJe99tGRIrD2ljQ&sig2=S3JmwQzXQ-ECuHPvilJicQ&bvm=bv.60444564,d.aWM
Maybe its because my home state was the first one to actually implement the Click It or Ticket program, so I grew up with it, but I simply don't see the issue with telling people that they will be ticketed for not buckling up in a car.