Having a license to drive means signing a contract to follow the rules of the road.
True, we sign a contract with the state to drive a motor vehicle. But who is the state? Bingo! You and me--the tax payers who pay those in law enforcement--who have signed a contract with us to keep our roads safe.
The California Highway Patrol recently received a 1.5 million grant, which was used to promote their Click-it campaign, which included billboard advertising and radio and cable television commercials in English and Spanish. Encouraging drivers to buckle up, they claim many lives were saved.
But I argue: what were the cause of most of those accidents? If the money instead was used to target the unsafe drivers who caused those accidents, more lives would be saved. But the California Highway Patrol insists on enforcing this ridiculous law to keep the flow of federal grant money coming in.
Those of you who believe in personal responsibility without "nannys", would like the Highway Patrols to begin to fulfilling their contract with us, write your legislator today! Demand that these silly seatbelt laws are removed from the books so our law enforcement--that we pay for--can once again move their scares resources to make our roads safe from traffic scofflaws. In California, you can click here.
You can write to Mr. Roadshow, Gary Richards, here.