Should the US abandon the Click It or Ticket Law

"We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty..." -The Preamble to the Constitution Should the US abandon the Click It or Ticket Law? I will be arguing against this resolution. Value: Safety Value criteria: as defined by the Debate Handbook, safety is a condition of being secure, or the freedom from danger, risks, or injury. While many great thinkers defend the importance of safety or security to humans, it is Maslow's hierarchy of needs which establishes safety as a basic human value. Since it is a basic human need, it is a prerequisite to other higher values. Therefore, unless we are safe and secure, we cannot enjoy whatever value my opponent defends as the value standard. Safety is therefore the superior value standard. Definitions: (as said by Merriam Webster Dictionary) Tranquility: Free from disturbance or turmoil. Welfare: the state of being happy, healthy, or successful. Prerequisite: something that you officially must have or do before you can have or do something else. Now, here is a road map for my opening argument so that you may follow along: Contention 1: Cars are dangerous. Contention 2: Protection. Contention 3: Right v. Privilege. Contention 1: Cars are dangerous. Obviously, driving motor vehicles can be seen as dangerous. Driving up to speeds such as 80 MPH can be convenient, but dangerous at the same time. A crash at this speed, or any speed, results in fatal injuries and death. Well why would we do this then? Put ourselves into these metal death traps? Well, driving can be dangerous, but we have a source of protection. That is... our seat belts. Over 2.5 million people died in motor vehicle accidents in the first six months of 2015. Over half of those were caused by a lack of a seat belt. In most cars accidents, seat belts give you a 79% chance of not getting fatally injured. So why are people mad that the government is enforcing us to wear these life saving devices? Well, our elected leaders do NOT want us to end up like that 1.25 million people that died in motor vehicle accidents by not wearing their seat belts. We shouldn't be mad at them for caring for us. I know that if my son or daughter in the near future was to not wear a seat belt, I will hope that they get a ticket from a police officer. Because the click it or ticket law just protected my son from being killed in a car accident that wasn't meant to be fatal. Contention 2: Protection. The Click It or Ticket Law is a form of protection. It protects our lives in the event of a car crash by enforcing us to wear seat belts. It is a excellent law to enforce our safety. Some people think that enforcing us to wear a seat belt violates our freedom. But in fact it is protecting your freedom and your basic human rights. In Maslows hierarchy of needs, Safety is one of the first key components needed before you need your basic human rights. So if we blow off protection and safety as an unneeded human value, then soon our human rights are not needed anymore. So when the government is protection your basic human value of safety, they are protecting your rights too, like life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Don't be mad at the government for enforcing and protecting your safety. Because a world without security and safety is a world of chaos. Contention 3: Right v. Privilege. Most people in the United States are mistaken when it comes to driving. They believe that it is a right to drive their motor vehicle. Well actually, it isn't a right, it's a privilege. There is nothing about the right to drive in the constitution. So since it is a privilege, when we drive, the government trusts us not to break the law and to respect it. It's kind of like when you parents buy you a new smart phone. It is your privilege to have that phone, because you don't actually own it. Your parents can search your phone whenever they want and take it away whenever they want without your permission. This is because they love you and want to protect you. It's kind of the same with driving. If you are breaking the law while driving, you should be punished. But law enforcement does this to protect you. They are not like "he he he... that guys not wearing his seat belt, time to ruin his day. But instead, they know that there are people that love you. I know this because I know many police officers in my life. They don't want to see you die of the stupid death of not wearing your seat belt. We shouldn't be mad at them for trying to protect our basic human value of safety. Sources: http://www.simplypsychology.org... http://www.merriam-webster.com... Value debate handbook, Chapter 9: Human Values: Explanation and strategy. https://www.edgarsnyder.com...