[mvpel]

Another nail in the coffin of seatbelt mandates, seems to me, if someone who doesn't live in New Hampshire wants to appeal it up.

If you have the right to hire a doctor to help you commit suicide, the idea that you don't have the right to risk injury by not wearing a seatbelt is rather absurd.

[Westlander]

Not really. Being on life support for years after a MVA is a lot more costly to insurance companies than suicide.

[antiRepublicrat]

Another nail in the coffin of seatbelt mandates, seems to me

We can only hope. I also despise seatbelt laws, although I always wear one and require all of my passengers to do so.

[Atlas Sneezed]

Another nail in the coffin of seatbelt mandates, seems to me

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No, this would serve only to establish that it is permissible for a state not to criminalize the lack of a seatbelt.

If the decision had mandated that all states legalize assisted suicide, then you would have a point.

[La Enchiladita]

Ping to post #201.

[BykrBayb]

If you have the right to hire a doctor to help you commit suicide, the idea that you don't have the right to risk injury by not wearing a seatbelt is rather absurd.

They didn't decide that the people have any rights. They decided that the states have rights. Rights are to be divided up between state and federal governments. If there are any rights left over that nobody else wants, those go to the people.

[trisham]

If you have the right to hire a doctor to help you commit suicide, the idea that you don't have the right to risk injury by not wearing a seatbelt is rather absurd.

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As I understand it, the state is less concerned about injury than the cost of treating it. It's a financial issue.

Here in MA, there has been a proposal to allow law enforcement to stop motorists who are not wearing seat belts, independent of any other infractions.