[BluH2o]

Where mandated seat belt wear is concerned it's my observation (as someone who goes back before seat belts) that incrementalism rules. When seat belts first came about it was recommended that you wear them when operating a vehicle. Time went by and some states began mandating that you wear them ... to the extent that if stopped for some other reason (speeding for instance) and not wearing your seat belt an additional fine (add on) could be levied. This quickly spread to most other states. Recently laws have been passed that not wearing a seat belt is a stand alone offense ... if observed not wearing one while operating a vehicle you can be pulled over and cited. The nanny state prevails ...

[unixfox]

Nail meet head.

You can apply the same thing to smoking laws, gun laws, private property laws, et al.

The frog is boiling.