[Notwithstanding]

I don't want to pay cash (taking care of the family, paying for medical care and extensive physical therapy, etc.) for someone else's stupidity in not wearing a seatbelt - and

because you want to drive on the highway the community has funded, you have to play by the community rules.

Build a private road and drive like a jackass all you want.

[tnlibertarian]

The problem you have is with the socialist health care and welfare programs; not the seatbelt law. If someone wants to endanger their own lives, it is none of your business. By using these arguments, you open the door for the government to control all aspects of our lives in the name of "our own good". If a person is not free to make dumb decisions, they are not free. In Tennessee, they have started a program called "Click It or Ticket", it may be national, I'm not sure. I am also not sure if they are referring to our seat belts or our heels.

[freeeee]

I don't want to pay cash (taking care of the family, paying for medical care and extensive physical therapy, etc.) for someone else's stupidity in not wearing a seatbelt

That problem is entirely due to socialistic health care, and has nothing to do with seatbelt use.

And yet, you defend the seatbelt law while not attacking the underlying socialism that causes costs to be shifted to you.

Curious, and telling.

We all know that with freedom comes responsiblility. The idea behind socialism is that once you are not responsible for your own actions, others are. And those others are going to take your freedom in exchange.

And you bought their scam, hook like and sinker.

[The FRugitive]

I'm sorry, you seem to have gotten lost.

[Agamemnon]

...community has funded, you have to play by the community rules....

Interesting choice of words. Ever notice how the word "community" forms the core of the word "communism?"

Be your own wet nurse if you like; I think I'll pass. Realize at the same time your loss of freedom allows your benevolent auto insurance company to beat the odds (debateably) and still charge confiscatory rates.

[Eagle Eye]

I don't want to pay cash (taking care of the family, paying for medical care and extensive physical therapy, etc.) for someone else's stupidity in not wearing a seatbelt - and

We cannot solve one stupidity by having other stupidities.

Put the financial burden back on the individual, private organizations, and insurance companies.

Justifying laws that create monetary penalties, jail sentences, and/or property confiscation by saying that the costs of society are too large is definately the slippery slope. Where does it end?

Rush Limbaush's jokes seem to be prophetic: banning SUV's, tobacco, score keeping and competitive sports, ect. I'm frightened to see what he jokes about next.

FWIW, I've worn a seatbelt every time since helping prep a body for the morgue of a young man who did not wear a seatbelt. But mandate it? No.

[OldBlondBabe]

"because you want to drive on the highway the community has funded, you have to play by the community rules."

I recall an accident whereby a woman struck the railing of an overpass, and was thrown out of her car onto the road BELOW. Fortunately, now one else was injured. Others might have been killed or seriously injured becaused this woman was not wearing her seatbelt. Both roads were closed for hours, leading to the possibility of other accidents, or at the very least, traffic congestion for all others that use the roads.

I agree with you. If we are going to share the same roads, paid for by the community, we have to abide by rules that make them safe for all of us.

[jeremiah]

It costs you money for the obese to eat at Mickey Ds, are you soon going to insist on mandatory calorie counters for those choosing to eat fast food? It costs massive amounts to provide food stamps, welfare, education, and health for the children of those incapable or too lazy to work. We should mandate chastity belts for all females, not married.