On the other hand I do see the need for officers to be authorized to pull over cars when they see someone with a small child riding on their lap. However, that is to protect children from the stupidity of adults not to protect adults from their own stupidity.
Here in Ohio it's a secondary offense. Police cannot pull you over for simply not wearing your seat belt.
However, you wouldn't know that from the purposefully misleading radio and television advertisements we are get almost hourly on just about every station. Advertisements that are being paid for by the federal Department of Transportation with our tax dollars.
Trying to keep people safe is reasonably noble cause. However, the federal government is purposefully misleading to people about their state laws, and intentionally misleading them about how they are protected from government intrusion.
Click it or Ticket should be immediately discontinued, and the people responsible fired.
After that, the merits of an honest advertising campaign can be considered by those that replace them, if they are replaced.
"Keep people safe" implies ownership.
I don't belong to the state.