Posted on 05/31/2006 9:42:50 AM PDT by from occupied ga
“I would like to ask if a child should be buckled in. Violation of their rights to force them to be buckled in?
Government overstepping?”
Absolutely! And I eluded to it in a previous post.
My children and their safety are MY responsibility, not the states. For every minor, there is a legally responsible adult. Sometimes that adult IS the state. But when the parents are alive and not in jail or otherwise incapacitated, their wellbeing is the responsibility of the parents.
Sometimes these parents to stupid things, but it is not my call. And preserving their right to make that call is actually a higher principle than preserving the future of their individual children. After all, their children will be parents too.
The car seat laws actually offend me more than the seat belt laws. It is the ultimate nanny state incursion into our private affairs. I cannot even be trusted to protect my own children for crying out loud. They need to just butt the heck out!
My three daughters survived to adulthood, believe it or not. :)
If you know of a way to determine with virtually 100% certainty whether the injured was belted, go for it.
Otherwise, good luck with that. "Sorry, sir. But, (our tests indicate) you weren't wearing your seatbelt. Therefore, your claim is rejected."
I wouldn't be surprised if modern cars are already equipped with enough sensors. Whether they can be fooled is another matter. (If they can, we lose again.)
Why is it that the government is always trying to get in the way of "natural selection."
If you are doing the right thing anyway and a law is passed that is driven at doing the right thing, how exactly is that affecting you negatively?
Seems more fatalities in Virginia occurred among those wearing seatbelts..........
Do you normally light up this early in the day?
"...so is stopping at a red light when there isn't a car for miles around."
Which is why I stopped doing it. I'm not a lemming...
Comrade! We have yet another successful example of the community education programs!
You must not be old enough to remember the dreaded, hidden seatbelt buzzer that malfunctioned half the time.
The state has claimed the air; bullets don't burrow efficiently, his point remains.
That proposal falls somewhere between a lottery and a protection racket.
Thanks for the bit of eremitic smugness.
Thank you for the ping!
Click it or Ticket?
Well, write it and bite it!!
Why would any sane man own a car on which insurance must be paid if he could not drive it?
No, he is innocent of the concept.
"If you are doing the right thing anyway and a law is passed that is driven at doing the right thing, how exactly is that affecting you negatively?"
Obviously you don't understand the concept of freedom and liberty if you have to ask that question.
"stupid" and "risky" are really not synonymous.
"its good to look at other government ideas and draw from that"
I'm constantly astonished by the number of liberty hating Americans that post here.
You are merely baiting.
The post cannot be taken seriously, short of SERIOUS offroading.
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