[TheThinker]

It's always a good idea to wear a seatbelt, unless a semi or large truck runs over the part of the car that you are strapped to. If my sister had been wearing a seatbelt, she wouldn't be alive now.

But my argument against the state forcing citizens to protect themselves is an overreach of power, IMHO, and opens the door for the banning of much personal behavior and hence impinges on individual rights.

[chargers fan]

But my argument against the state forcing citizens to protect themselves is an overreach of power, IMHO, and opens the door for the banning of much personal behavior and hence impinges on individual rights.

An ER surgeon I know offered an interesting argument though that seatbelt/helmet laws help keep people out of the ER (and drain drain services there for free) due to an accident.