That said, I think it’s ridiculous police can charge and make revenue for protecting people from themselves. Education I support, hard enforcement not so much.
Seatbelts reduce the risk (chance) of accidents happening in the first place not only reduce the risk of injury in an accident. They hold the driver in place during rapid movements like trying to evade an sudden obstacle. Without the seatbelt the driver might lose control of the steering wheel.
A driver not using a seatbelt is a risk for everyone else on the road. It absolutely should be a punishable offence to drive without.
Sure, let people make their own life or death decisions. This is fine until the death toll starts mounting up and then suddenly relatives and friends of the dead, who can’t fathom that the deceased was an idiot and made their own choice, suddenly start moaning that the government should be doing more to save lives etc. So laws get passed and enforced, and “freedom first” Americans start bitching that the government shouldn’t tell them what to do… thus the cycle continues.
Just wear your seatbelt. It’s not difficult or inconvenient. Save your energy to rise up about things that matter.
Also seat belts reduce the per incident medical costs of traffic accidents, thus ostensibly reducing insurance costs. In all likelihood not cus why wouldn’t they charge more, but in a rational system it would.
source (that I randomly found and skimmed admittedly):
The problem comes when those laws are used arbitrarily towards one demographic and not just everyone. Any laws written to be discretionary are inherently bigoted.
Screw right wing punisher dudes.
Seat belt should be used on every drive.
That said, I think it’s ridiculous police can charge and make revenue for protecting people from themselves. Education I support, hard enforcement not so much.
Seatbelts reduce the risk (chance) of accidents happening in the first place not only reduce the risk of injury in an accident. They hold the driver in place during rapid movements like trying to evade an sudden obstacle. Without the seatbelt the driver might lose control of the steering wheel.
A driver not using a seatbelt is a risk for everyone else on the road. It absolutely should be a punishable offence to drive without.
I don’t want to be hit by someone who decided they were okay becoming a projectile
Sshh. Just leave them be. This device will help the gene pool.
Sure, let people make their own life or death decisions. This is fine until the death toll starts mounting up and then suddenly relatives and friends of the dead, who can’t fathom that the deceased was an idiot and made their own choice, suddenly start moaning that the government should be doing more to save lives etc. So laws get passed and enforced, and “freedom first” Americans start bitching that the government shouldn’t tell them what to do… thus the cycle continues.
Just wear your seatbelt. It’s not difficult or inconvenient. Save your energy to rise up about things that matter.
Also seat belts reduce the per incident medical costs of traffic accidents, thus ostensibly reducing insurance costs. In all likelihood not cus why wouldn’t they charge more, but in a rational system it would.
source (that I randomly found and skimmed admittedly):
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27177737/
The problem comes when those laws are used arbitrarily towards one demographic and not just everyone. Any laws written to be discretionary are inherently bigoted.