[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!"

[Madame Dufarge]

I remember reading, as a child, articles in Life Magazine about children in the Soviet Union being encouraged to turn in their parents for offenses against the State.

I remember thinking, "That would never happen here," and regarding the very idea as something that could only happen in "foreign" territory.

The "foreigners" have gained a voice far above their numbers (or worth) here, unfortunately.

The creep.