Originally Posted by George_De_Vries_3rd
Originally Posted by toltecgriz
Originally Posted by gitem_12

How much do you think medical expenses from injuries do to not wearing a seatbelt cost Taxpayers as well as affect your insurance premiums?


This rationalization is the most slippery slope of all and its logical conclusion is socialism.

Not intended to pick on you gitem, but there it is.


Yes, and the slope is greased; it is impossible to crawl back up it. Politicians inevitably expand government while limiting individual freedom by Rules, Regulations, and Restrictions. I doubt one in ten understand the significance of what they do.


Gitem states one very good reason on how seat belt laws save everyone money on insurance premiums and that is because of the "uninsured motorist pool" that we all pay for dickheads that drive w/o insurance. Case in point. I was driving to work one day on an interstate hwy and traffic stopped suddenly and I rear ended and car with three people who were injured and I totaled their car as I was driving a Dodge Durango. The driver of the other vehicle was driving a brand new car but didn't have insurance. My insurance agent advised me not to worry because here in NJ they have a MV law they call " The no pay, the no play law" and she and her passengers would receive nothing for their injuries and no reimbursement for totaled car. The driver even went so far as to hire a lawyer to go after me personally and the lawyer wouldn't take the case due to this NJ law for uninsured drivers.