Seat Belt Laws

"The fact it does affect those passengers in the vehicle as well as yourself, proves that other lives are being put in danger. If you are the driver of a vehicle and you have a passenger along for the ride, his/her life is directly your responsibility. You are responsible for this person's life, just as you are responsible for your life. This brings me to my next point..." Okay, maybe I worded that wrong. What I was trying to say was that being in a car w/o your seatbelt on can cause damage to any individual in the car, no matter where they are sitting. It is most likely for the guy in the passenger's seat to get the most damage, but anyone can still die in a car crash and wearing a seatbelt can easily save your life. That's not my opinion it's just a proven fact and why everyone should wear their seatbelts. It is also true that the driver is responsible for each person's life which is why I think that the driver can choose to have a passenger fined if that passenger refuses to wear their seatbelt, but mainly here I am talking about a single person driving on their own. "It IS recommended by authorities. It is also recommended by DPS, as evidence with all the radio and television commercials telling us to "click it or ticket." Police officers are sworn to serve and protect their citizens and part of serving and protecting includes issuing citations to those who do not obey the laws. So this fact alone makes it not "ridiculous." I know it is recommended by athorities, and that's good, but it shouldn't be enforced. The slogan should be "click it or die". If you are driving perfectly innocently on the road and not distracted, but you don't have your seatbelt on, if you get into a car accident, it's not your fault. It's just an accident. You could save yourself by wearing it, or you could not. But you (the person in the car) are only hurting yourself by not wearing YOUR seatbelt. Also, there's something called overprotection. When the cops are to serve and protect, that means to protect you from other citizens, not from yourself for doing something that causes harm only to YOU. "The issue isn't whether it causes damage to others on the road, but whether it is ridiculous for police officers to issue tickets to persons not wearing seat belts. And the fact that not wearing a seat belt while operating a motor vehicle is illegal, it most certainly is NOT ridiculous." Well, that sort of is the issue. If it doesn't cause damage to others the cops should have no right to interfere, which is what makes it rediculous. Cops should be on the look out for drunk drivers and texting drivers, the drivers that actually kill thousands of innocent people on the road every year. "Having unprotected sex is not illegal, you're correct on that. However, this isn't even a good argument for comparison. Operating a vehicle is a privilege we are given if we pass the tests and are old enough. There are no tests to pass to engage in sexual contact. The highways and city roads are regulated by the government, whether it be the federal government, state government, or city. They set the rules and they make sure the rules and laws are being followed. A police officer's job is to make sure these laws are being adhered to. Therefore, it is not ridiculous for them to issue a ticket if one of these laws are being broken, including not wearing a seat belt." Yes, having unprotected sex with compete strangers does not have anything to do with driving, but it is still just as dangerous as not wearing a seatbelt. And yes, the road is regulated by the government, but so what? I'm saying this seatbelt thing SHOULDN'T even be a law. "There are many laws that are in place that don't necessarily save live directly or indirectly. Jaywalking is illegal and it only effects the person involved. No one else's life is in danger. Yet this law is to help protect someone from being hit by a vehicle. It's against the law to run naked in public. No one's life is in danger, but the law is necessary, because children may be present." Jaywalking effects no one else? Tell that to the people in the car going through the mental trauma of watching a body hit their car, or having to pay for the damage the body that they hit caused. Streaking effects no one else? Tell that to the children under the age of five, who never saw a grown adult of the opposite sex naked running around in broad daylight. You even said that yourself!