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sailingaround July 28th, 2015 8:41pm

(One should always wear a seatbelt, but) If damaging property is already a civil crime, and harming people is already a criminal crime...are seatbelt laws necessary or are they mostly revenue generation for city, county, state governments?

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EnderWiggin So disillusioned...
07/28/15 5:31 pm

I believe in the benefits of wearing seat belts. Before it was law though, I rarely wore them.

But, in MN, seat belt cannot be the primary reason to be pulled over. So I don't see it a primary revenue generation here.

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Ru12bseen Ignoring the Ignorant
07/28/15 2:28 pm

Two issues.
The societal burden that comes from permanently injured persons from lack of seatbelt sneers to be considered. Second, children. The laws protect children too.

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Ru12bseen Ignoring the Ignorant
07/28/15 2:51 pm

That should've been "needs" not "sneers"

Ru12bseen Ignoring the Ignorant
07/28/15 4:06 pm

See, I'm 50/50 on this one. While I think it's a crime to make victimless crimes a crime. I wonder if, instead of laws about seatbelts, cars just had an annoying seatbelt alarm that couldn't be dismantled.

EnderWiggin So disillusioned...
07/28/15 5:28 pm

Have a friend with a constant bing w/o seatbelt on. He just clips it and sits on it to silence the sound.

dfish at home
07/29/15 6:38 pm

I would never buy a car with such an obnoxious feature.

dfish at home
07/29/15 6:40 pm

I wish we lived in a society that relied on parents and family to teach responsibility instead of whine for the govt to create a law that fixes nothing