Walk For Liberty Day 118 - Seat Belt Laws Signal a Nanny State and It's a Slippery Slope

[standupgun]

Considering that head trauma is the leading cause of death in auto accidents, (including one's where people are wearing seat belts), why is there not a law to wear helmets when driving?

Laws like the seat-belt one are just plain stupid, basically our government is saying you are not smart enough to take care of yourself so it's going to do it for you. Well, really it's just a way to collect revenue.

[niflap]

I'm not against wearing a seatbelt when I drive. I'm all in favor of it. What I'm against is avoiding riding in a car w/out a seatbelt at any cost. The unlikely worst case scenario of not wearing a seatbelt is higher, but the probability of hardship of refusing to ride w/out a belt is a virtual certainty

[js68fl]

More like "walk for idiocracy"......

[mpfan2112]

What a waste of time walking all that way because some people are too lazy to buckle up. It's no wonder mandatory seat belt laws exist - to protect those from themselves (no common sense).

[diskfurnace]

yesterday i got a $120 ticket for not having a life jacket in a kayak, i was in 4ft of water. While being ticketed the officer said almost exactly a year ago a kid drowned in a kayak b/c he didnt have a life jacket, he said he was just trying to protect me. I asked him why the state was in charge of keeping me safe. he had no response

[Polarcupcheck]

@diskfurnace Fuck that! I can swim just fine. Thanks for posting this, I was about to kayak out to an island this weekend, and I don't have a life jacket. Being that I already got my seat belt fine, I don't need another. I'll be sure to stay home this weekend and jerkoff, instead. Whats next, checking the soles of my shoes for a slipping risk. What pussy cops.

[CookCountyConnecter]

Does the Government pay for my car insurance NO, does the Government pay for my health insurance NO, so Y make me wear my seatbelt. What I am a Fucking child a 7 year old, who R the Police my parents. Who am I hurting by not wearing my seat belt myself? If any thing I'm going to drive safer not wearing my seatbelt. Police always say seat belts save lifes, well according to that logic and mentallity so do bullet proof vests, now what your going to make a law forcing people to wear them Whats next

[mpfan2112]

It's people like you that have no common sense whatsoever, therefore it has to be forced upon you. You may drive safer without a seatbelt but what about the idiot talking on the cellphone or doing some other task not related to driving? If it's that big of a deal that you're so lazy and incompetent to put a seat belt on, maybe you shouldn't be driving, and I hope you don't have kids because they watch what you do.

[stefabebe]

You are right the govrements (in any country)

are unslabving people WE DO NOT NEED A SET BELT. this is a mind control abuse of freedwm

[badbuddhist]

WalkForLiberty, you are like an overweight person blaming McDonalds for being fat. A sense of 'freedom' is the natural state of a healthy mind. If you don't feel free it is because of your own thoughts and actions. Blaming the government for your own lack of 'freedom', and joining a bunch of people in New Hampshire who will re-enforce this unhealthy mental attitude, will only make things worse. But I wish you all the best.

[lilkartracer25]

I disagree. You can not say a slave kept in brutal bondage being told to pick cotton is free. That slave has the choice of do what he or she is told or die. Now thats hardly a choice. If you think thats an exageration of this topic, it is. However, the principal remains the same. Click it or Ticket is the same in principal as Pick it or Whip it.

[conqst3]

I got pulled over one time, because a cop said she saw me put my seatbelt on when she was following me. After arguing for a while, she finally listened to me and realized that they were automatic seatbelts that go on when you turn the car on. She wanted to give me that ticket so bad.

[Organjic]

When I was younger, with a grandmother hammy down car, my friends and I got pulled over by a cop. We all were wearing our seatbelts but the cop said that the seatbelts in the back seats were unsafe due to the year the car was. I suggested to the cop that if they were unsafe, would it be safer without them? He said yes and said we still needed to wear them... WTF? What happened to "Serve and Protect?"

[stacie1420]

what serve and protect means the city not you ....its really shitty

[Iain1962]

So where do you draw the line? How about I don't feel like driving on the right hand side of the road today, that's a law in the US, but I'm British and the law there is you drive on the left, how about I don't want to stop at a red light anymore?

You must accept that some laws are necessary, surely.

44,000 people a year die on the roads in the US, (not counting the injured). Since 2001 that would be about 102 9/11's.

I'm not for the nanny state, but some rules are needed.

[txballoonman]

If you survived, driving so recklessly, you would likely be paying a lot of restitution to anyone injured or for property damage. If you made a habit of endangering people and property, it is likely you would find it difficult doing business in the area. People wouldn't sell you a loaf of bread. Life would be pretty tough for people who didn't play well with others.

[Organjic]

Don't compare 9/11 to accidents

[jeffcarruthers]

i like what will says, but i would like to see how he answers your question. I'll bet he has a good answer. I am against seat belt and helmet laws. If you have to wear a helmet on a motorcycle then you should have to wear one on a horse, skateboard, bicycle, and even a car.....And if the state is going to make a law, they should only count the motorcyclists votes. in other words, if you don't drive a bike, don't tell me how to live.

[banda106]

u r officially a retard, driving on the wrong side of the road puts others lives at risk, not wearing a seat belt (if u r an adult) is ur own damn business and puts ur own life at risk, u shud join the losers in europe or come here to canada where govt will by ur mommy and daddy.