What right does the government have to force me to wear a seat belt? I am an adult. I own my body and am responsible for assessing risk and acting accordingly. If I choose not to wear a seat belt for myself, what basis does the government have to force me to wear one?
It's a violation of my personal liberty and right to privacy.
Btw, I always wear a seat belt. But I do so because I choose to. The state has no right to force me to comply with its laws about safety, when I am the only one who would suffer harm from failure to comply.
Discuss.
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If people that did not ware the seat belt had very good health insurance that that would be ok. But often these stupid people get is bad wrecks, go into the windshield, ejected and run over by their own car and often hurt other drivers. Yep no one has the right to make you ware a seat belt by law.
I totally disagree. Who pays for the fire rescue squad, the EMT and the ambulance, the hospital and doctor bills when a large percent of non seat belt users are uninsured or underinsured. Only ignorant or just plan dumb people don't use seat belts.