10-29-2008, 08:00 AM
providencecrow Wrote:I say do away with the seatbelt laws, if you can tolerate the constant BING BING BING BING from not having it on, then going through a windshield should be no problem.
Any law put into effect to give cops another reason to write a ticket is just dumb when you know, there is real crime to worry about.
Say I'm driving along with my seatbelt on and someone not wearing a seatbelt pulls out in front of me. I slam into him and his dead body flies through the windshield and explodes all over the pavement. I'm going to have a hard time getting over that. I'll probably never be the same again, actually. That would be something that would haunt me for the rest of my life. When my kids grow up and start driving, I would be a basket case, staying up all night just knowing they're dead in a ditch somewhere or pinned up against a tree.
What I'm saying is if there were no seatbelt law, scenes like this would be a lot more commonplace, and it they wouldn't just have one victim.
Taking it further, rates would skyrocket many times more than they already are, since insurance companies would be paying out lot more death benefits and injury claims.