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):
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/