WI Poll: Should police in Wisconsin be able to ticket just for seatbelt violations?

WEAU TV 13 ^ | 11/30/2004 | WEAU TV 13

[quietolong]

Should police in Wisconsin be able to ticket just for seatbelt violations?

NO
yes

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[quietolong]

NO!

One more unconstitutional Nanny ( we Think we know what’s best for you ) Government law. Which we were told would never be used to stop you with.

What they don’t tell you. And is suppressed big time. Is all the deaths and injures seatbelts cause!

“clicking” on you seatbelt on is a 50-50 proposition 50% chance it will save you 50% chance it will kill you.

As with the helmet laws. Let those who drive deside.
( maybe there needs to be a helmet law for cars too)/s

[metalmanx2j]

The coppers can do it here south of the WI border in IL. It sucks. I wear my belt all the time anyway, but ticketing someone who is stupid enough not to wear it is just plain annoying.

[Cornpone]

No. I think they should also be able to ticket anyone who owns property since the whole world now knows that all the land on the planet belongs to Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe, since he is the closest living relative of Lucy.

[gidget7]

Heck even in MA, they can't stop you for it. They can however stop you for anything else, and ticket you for not wearing a seatbelt.

[LauraleeBraswell]

Seatbelts actually make people better drivers. An individual is better able to control his vehicle when he's not swaying and being pushed about his seat with the acceleration, or turning of the Vehicle. Ineritia
So there are less accidents

[Lovergirl]

They ticket us here in Indiana for no seatbelts, too.

[Rakkasan1]

yaaa. but what about when you go tru da ice while
fishin for da carp? (sarcasm)

They can't (yet) pull you over for no seat belt in MN, but
seeing how the feds will withhold highway funding if states
don't play ball, it's only a matter of time. Besides, any cop with a year on the force can figure out another reason/ excuse to pull you over to justify cause.

[Dead Corpse]

While I agree with the points made in your post, I do not agree that the government should, in essence, put a GUN to your head to force you to wear one.

Just as JHVH supposedly left us the free will to "sin", so should our government honor our Right to be Free, but stupid.

[Lijahsbubbe]

No. If they can't even ask you if you're an illegal alien, they shouldn't be able to make you wear a seat belt.

[ProudVet77]

Heck even in MA, they can't stop you for it.

Even though that is the way it was voted in as a law in MA, the police are now pulling over people without any other cause.

[spunkets]

" Seatbelts actually make people better drivers. An individual is better able to control his vehicle when he's not swaying and being pushed about his seat with the acceleration, or turning of the Vehicle. Ineritia So there are less accidents"

Amazing!

[Ginifer]

Florida you get ticketed if you don't wear a seatbelt.

[Old Phone Man]

I wear my belt all the time because if I am in an accident without it, the auto insurance companies can dispute paying for injuries.

[LauraleeBraswell]

You don't have to be sarcastic and you wouldn't be if you read the first post by quietolong, who claims seatbelts kill as many people as they save.

[spunkets]

Nanny govm't. That's what all the clowns want.

[LauraleeBraswell]

And when insurance refuses to pay the injuries bill, and if you can't afford it, guess who pays for it.

The government

and I think that If the government has got to pay for medical bills incurred because you didn't wear a seat belt , they ought to have the right to tell you to wear one

[cripplecreek]

When our seatbelt law in Michigan was enacted they swore up and down that they would never stop someone for a seatbelt violation alone. Today they can do exactly that.

Seatbelts are a top notch idea but a really bad law.

[spunkets]

I wasn't being sarcastic. You can beleive whatever you want, but you are wrong. They do not make for better drivers. The only thing that makes better for better drivers is focus on controlling the vehicle. Learning and understanding the machine and being able to control it, and keeping aware of the driving course is the only way to be a better driver. Maintaining control of the car is what it's all about, not loading up with features that compensate for deficiency. Seatbelts are a feature that compensates for deficiencies, they are not driving tools, or aids.

Seatbelts do kill some people and so do airbags. I hate both.

[spunkets]

"I think that If the government has got to pay for medical bills incurred because you didn't wear a seat belt , they ought to have the right to tell you to wear one"

Why not just rename the US- Mommy.gov and be done with it. To hell with Freedom. All we need is Mommy.gov.

[Ptarmigan]

No.