[BenLurkin]

Old Ben has to review numerous traffic collision reports in the course of his work. I also have to review the photos if any were taken. And driving as I do about three hours each day on L.A. freeways, I've also personally seen a number mild, moderate, and severe traffic collisions.

People underestimate the energies involved in auto accidents. We don't sense how much velocity we have in our vehicles until they spin, roll over or come to a sudden stop.

There are too many pictures of the dead and horribly injured drivers and passengers who are ejected during an accident. Death and injury will always accompany collisions, but seatbelts do indeed save lives.

[Judge Roy]

If seat belts or so good why arn't they put in school busses.

[TexasTransplant]

>>>"There are too many pictures of the dead and horribly injured drivers and passengers who are ejected during an accident. Death and injury will always accompany collisions, but seatbelts do indeed save lives"<<<

Make you a deal, you post all the pictures of people that did/didn't wear seatbelts, I will post pictures of Partial Birth Abortions, One is a Choice and the other is against the Law, one has a near 100% fatality rate (Very rare that there is a surviving fetus, but it does happen) and the other is just slightly safer than not wearing seatbelts.

Click-it or Ticket is a Stealth Tax pure and simple, it is and an invasion of your privacy among other things. Bow to the Police State but just remember even if the Law is repealed, unless a law is passed to remove all seatbelts from all vehicles, you can still smugly buckle up any time you want.

TT

[Publius6961]

A specious argument. If all those macabre images cause you to use seat belt religiously, you get a gold star and also will live forever.

It does not give you the right to force me to care behind the force of law.

[Wonder Warthog]

"There are too many pictures of the dead and horribly injured drivers and passengers who are ejected during an accident. Death and injury will always accompany collisions, but seatbelts do indeed save lives."

Which in no way whatsoever validates the notion of using the coercive force of government to REQUIRE their use. Such use should be VOLUNTARY---likewise with motorcycle and bicycle helmets.

As Pournelle and Niven put it: "Think of it as EVOLUTION IN ACTION."