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Old 02-16-2010, 01:45 PM   #16
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Originally Posted by my82roc View Post
Your comparison dosent really make much sense.Eating is a basic necessity to live while wearing seatbelts is not.You could end up dead many different ways not just from going beltless.How many accidents have you been in compared to the amount of times you have been in or driven a car?????Ive only been involved in maybe 5 or less in almost 30 years.That works out to maybe 1 in every 6 years which is very minimal compared to the number of times Ive actually been driver/passenger in a car.All Im saying is that back when I grew up and started driving there was no such thing as a seatbelt law and I have a very hard time dealing with the fact that some lawmaker is going to force me to wear one.Im sure Im not the only one that feels this way
Ok, here goes.

1.) There are many more cars on the road, with more distractions
2.) You do not pay to clean up the mess if you get busted up. Everyone else does. A single person's tax payments are nowhere near enough, either. As a taxpayer, I want to force people to buckle up so I don't have to pay more taxes to clean up other people's messes. If people don't want to wear seat belts that should be their choice. But it should be marked on their license that they also wish to defer medical treatment.
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