Stop Seat Belt Tickets!

No driver should receive a ticket for failing to wear their seat belt. If you don't wear a vehicle safety belt, who are you hurting? Who's rights are you infringing if you don't wear a seatbelt? It's stupid! Stop Seat Belt Enforcement Zones! Click It or Ticket (CIOT) is a revenue scheme for the nanny state and has nothing to do with "safety". If I don't wear my seat belt, that's none of your business, and it's none of my business if you don't wear yours. New Hampshire doesn't have a primary or secondary seatbelt enforcement law, and thier state traffic fatality-rate is very low. Road-side safety belt checkpoints are unnecessary and unconstitutional. Laws that allow police to stop drivers for not wearing their seat belts are enacted to lure millions in federal funds (taxpayer funds) to the state. The Colorado State Patrol rolls out en masse each year to enforce Colorado's current secondary seat belt law through the zero tolerance "Click It or Ticket" enforcement program—funded by federal (taxpayer) tax dollars through the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration—which includes the use of both unmarked and low-profile (marked but with no rooftop light bar) patrol cars.
http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/tables/09s1064.pdf
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/Devices-that-warn-drivers-of-speed_-r...
http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/08/05/ga...

http://www.macdowellinsurance.com/autopremiumfactors.html

http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/cats/transportation/motor_vehicle_acci...

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-03-30-speeding-cushion_N.htm

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[darkhorse000]

Many people are too stupid and need 'help' to take care of themselves and keep their family members save; to say F___ those people that's their problem not mine, well, I'm just not cold, heartless and selfish enough to think that way.

[order9066]

@darkhorse000 That's an interesting perspective. If I could extend your proposal a little bit, if some people are too "stupid" as you said, then perhaps the government should intervene more? If a driver is "stupid", then maybe the government should force them to take a city bus or taxi cab? As an adult, I own my body, and I hope that you own yours. If you chose to drive with or without a seatbelt, I don't care and no one should stop you and issue you a ticket (tax).

[Paymenow75]

Let me guess you got a ticket and now your venting

[order9066]

@Paymenow75 I always wear my seatbelt when I drive my car or ride as a passenger. I do not want any employee of the State or city to issue anyone a ticket for not wearing their ticket. Are you angered that New Hampshire has no mandatory seatbelt law for drivers in their state?

[Ophidianrising]

As long as abortions are legal as to what a woman can do with her body, then I can do what ever I want with my body no matter how stupid anyone else thinks it is. If it is all about saving lives then why is it legal to kill unborn baby fetuses? The government and the people who run it are so backwards.

[TheSuperBlackMan]

I disagree with the statement that whether or not you wear a seatbelt is your own business, and that nobody else should care. First, in situations where others are in the car, a person not wearing their seatbelt can cause injuries to the other people as they go bouncing around all over the car during an accident. Also, if you are hurt in an accident that someone else caused, why should you receive compensation if you were not taking basic safety precautions that are taught in driving school?

[ryangille]

Since not everyone is required to wear a seatbelt police do not have the right to stop people to check whether or not they are breaking the law. see DELAWARE v. PROUSE, 440 U.S. 648 (1979)

[ohannahdad]

If a law is passed; that means everyone must abide by that law. Otherwise it should be nothing more than a request, or an idea. Not everyone is required to wear a seat belt. Law enforcement, truck driving mail carriers , city and state workers, city bus riders and most important of all school busses, in most states. This is NOT a safety issue it's a MONEY issue. If you are part of the "exempt" group, you are NOT breaking the law! Otherwise $65.00 +!!!..... Bullshoy!!!

[namemydoglola]

@Polarcupcheck Exactly! Wearing a seatbelt is nice but knowing how to fucking DRIVE is a million times better.

[MrBfishy]

First, I want to make it clear that I am NOT a libertarian, but I am a conservative who thinks this video is FANTASTIC. My decision on whether or not I wear a seatbelt is like my decision on which light bulb I use......another choice the government has forcefully removed from me. It doesn't matter how the safety sallies twist logic, the simple truth is that my seat belt (or light bulbs) are MY business and MY business only! Thank you for making this video.

[Ophidianrising]

@darkhorse000 If people are too stupid, then WHY are they allowed to drive in the first place?

[machineman0786]

It's such a crock that people here say well you could kill your passenger. That is also their choice to ride in the vehicle with you or yours allowing them to ride in your vehicle. you have the right to refuse getting into a car where the driver or passenger refuses to buckle up. Don't try to use emotions to deny people's freedoms! Selfish decision or not it remains yours.

[machineman0786]

This video is absolutely correct. Our government has way too much power our rights are being taken left and right and nobody seems to be doing anything about it. I have the right to do with MY life as I please. I wear a seatbelt becaus it's stupid not to but I can give you countless other things that are stupid and the government hasn't intervened. This should not even be a question it's our right OUR lives.