[Tokra]

Seat belts are different in that they protect only the wearer. The others you mention protect PUBLIC safety. Did you even read the article do learn of this clear distinction?

That is not always true - there have been cases of people injured by a body being rocketed through a windshield becasue they were not belted in. Just because the article ignores certain facts does not make them vanish.

[Atlas Sneezed]

That is not always true - there have been cases of people injured by a body being rocketed through a windshield becasue they were not belted in. Just because the article ignores certain facts does not make them vanish.

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Such preposterously rare events do not legitimize police stopping people and taking their money for not wearing a seatbelt.

[Badray]

That is not always true - there have been cases of people injured by a body being rocketed through a windshield becasue they were not belted in.

And people have been killed precisely because they were belted in. They obeyed the law and it cost them their life. Perhaps my scenario is rare, but so is yours. I prefer to make the choice myself. 4 years now without losing control or killing anyone.