[tahiti]

Amendment IX

The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights, SHALL NOT be construed to DENY OR DISPARAGE others (rights) retained by the people.

Amendment XIV

No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States;

But if you live in the Peoples Republic of Illinois, the constitution does not matter.

Remember, the people of Illinois elected Sen. Dick Durbin.

[Egon]

It's a big push in Minnesota right now, too. I think it's part of a coordinated, nation-wide campaign by the U.S. Department of Transportation, actually.

Sure am glad we can have all these laws to protect me from myself.

[an amused spectator]

Revenuer alert.

[Condor51]

With all due respect, the basic flaw in your premise is that driving is not a Constitutional Right, but a privilege and as such it can be regulated and controlled. Following your argument speed limits, and all traffic laws for that matter are unconstitutional.

And no offense, but it seems that all those who refuse to wear seat belts are the first ones to sue everyone under the sun when they're in an auto accident and get injured when they get thrown from the car, hit the windshield or are otherwise injured when a seat belt would have prevented it.

[biblewonk]

I never wear seatbelts in town, but it looks like I do.

[buffyt]

I prefer to wear my seatbelt and force my kids to do same, but I DO NOT LIKE THE GOV. TELLING US WE HAVE TO! Motorcycles are still allowed on the roads without any safety features.

[tubebender]

This is a national campaign going on in every state. California has a high compliance rate (over 90%) but the death rate in the remaining 10% is high.

[Redbob]

"We're from the government, and we're here to help you..."

[MamaTexan]

"What we hope to get is full voluntary compliance," said Matt Vanover of the Department of Transportation.

Got to love bureaucratic double speak~

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vol·un·tar·y (vln-tr) adj.
1. Done or undertaken of one's own free will: a voluntary decision to leave the job.
2. Acting or done willingly and without constraint or expectation of reward: a voluntary hostage; voluntary community work.
3. Normally controlled by or subject to individual volition: voluntary muscle contractions.
4. Capable of making choices; having the faculty of will.

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com·pli·ance (km-plns) n.
1. a. The act of complying with a wish, request, or demand; acquiescence.
b. (Medicine) Willingness to follow a prescribed course of treatment.
2. A disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others.

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Just for giggles & grins, how about the current LEGAL definition of *crime*:

(from nolo.com) crime
A type of behavior that is has been defined by the state, as deserving of punishment which usually includes imprisonment. Crimes and their punishments are defined by Congress and state legislatures.

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Would someone PLEASE tell me WHEN our Republic gained the authority to tell the people how we can and/or cannot 'behave'?

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"No one wants to write out tickets."

Well of COURSE you don't!

(wink, wink...nudge, nudge)

[zoso82t]

It's ridiculous...here in Delaware I am forced by law to wear a seatbelt (not that I wouldn't otherwise), yet a person on a motorcycle doesn't have to wear a helmet.

[Wolfie]

The mistake was ours. We all thought we could get away with just have a little bit of a Nanny State.

[Musket]

Nanny State P.C. B.S. If I were a Cop with a brain, I'd get the Blue Flu those days.

[Americanexpat]

So I guess pimps, whores, drug dealers, burglars, illegal aliens, rapists, etc., will all be taking the weekend off so the police can do their traffic stops.

I guess that shows where state and local government's priorities are (their treasury) and not fighting crime.

[FreedomAvatar]

Naked revenue grab. They're doing the same "click it or ticket" idiocy in Ohio.

Of course, the cops and pols are counting on folks to not "buckle up for safety" because that means more money to buy fancy new cruisers and RADAR guns.

I remember reading an article by a former NYS Trooper who said that these so-called "crackdowns" are total BS. They don't put anymore cops out there - it's just PR. FWIW.

[festus]

This goes to show that solving violent crimes does not bring $$ into the treasury.