Absolutely agree. Same here in Ohio. No bodily protection whatsoever for bicyclist of any kind, but people in cars, where they're much safer, have head restraints, belts, air bags, and other "Ralph Nader" imposed crap all over the car.
What it amounts to is a TAX imposed on car drivers, since there're more of us.
I wear seatbelts, and have been using them since 1968. Anyone in my car has to have theirs on before I'll accelerate. But, to have the state or feds consider me a criminal if I don't wear one is disgusting.
Since motorcycle riders have absolutely NO PROTECTION FROM ANYTHING while they're riding, the government should not impose any restrictions on people in cars, for any reason at all. Keep the hell out of my car.
And to have the feds get involved in any of this since there's nothing in the Constitution about seatbelts, shoulder restraints, head restraints, or airbags makes me sick to my stomach.
The commercial they have out is disgraceful as well. They have one guy feigning to put on his belt as he drives past a patrol. Another guy fumbles a drive-thru sandwich. The commercial ends saying, “Cops are trained to know when you aren’t wearing one.”
Whose money paid for that training? They’re being trained to notice when someone isn’t wear a belt, but they have to perform sting operations and road blocks to catch people driving under the influence? Disgraceful!
I’ve been wearing my seat belt since I started driving. I owned a 1969 Mercury that didn’t have a shoulder belt but still wore the lap belt. You can’t drive a newer car without some idiot light blinking or an audible alarm screeching that you’re not wearing your belt. You’d think that’d be enough, but now they have to make it a primary offense. Unreal.
Interestingly enough, at least one state that does’t mandate helmets DOES mandate eye protection when riding. I actually support that, because debris in the eye can cause a loss of control thereby putting others at risk.