[TexasCowboy]

"Incidentally, my examples in #64 are known as the "incremental approach to total control".. "

The seat belt laws and the non-smoking laws are prime examples of that "incremental approach" - the old story about the frog in the pot.

The seat belt laws haven't stopped their creep.
Now on the highways in Texas are billboards asking people to report others they see on the highway who are not buckled up.

Very soon we will see billboards asking motorists to report people in other cars who are smoking.
First it will be "for the children", then it will be "to protect the environment".
Hogwash!
It's about control!

[SheLion]

Hogwash!
It's about control!

[Garnet Dawn]

I completely agree. It’s just one more example of our loss of liberty. Seat belt laws are an invasion of privacy and right to choice. They impact no one’s safety except the wearer. I personally feel safer not being locked into a seatbelt. It should be a matter of personal preference. Passengers on buses, trains and even school buses are not required to wear seat belts. They march to a different set of drums.

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"The seat belt laws haven't stopped their creep.
Now on the highways in Texas are billboards asking people to report others they see on the highway who are not buckled up.

Very soon we will see billboards asking motorists to report people in other cars who are smoking.
First it will be "for the children", then it will be "to protect the environment".
Hogwash!
It's about control!"

[Gabz]

Very soon we will see billboards asking motorists to report people in other cars who are smoking.

There are billboards in Maryland paid for by the County Health Departments (read-smokers) about second hand smoke killing children....they drive me crazy. It doesn't go un-noticed by me that there is an abortion clinic less than a mile from one of thoses signs. Tell me, who is killing children?

The nannies are out of control.