$140 No-Seat Belt Ticket?

[Jimbo]

The seat belt law is bullshit and nothing more than a cash grab. It's a requirement to wear a seat belt, yet millions of kids ride the bus every single day without one and motorcycle riders don't even have to wear helmets...

If you're willing to risk your life by not wearing one, so be it.

I used to get a seat belt ticket every time I got pulled over. After enough of them, they finally beat me into submission and I wear it 99.9% of the time now.

Agreed, freedom to choose. I wear mine all the time and it have saved my life a time or two, but the "protect yourself or the government will force you to" laws are complete bs.

[jluv]

I put my seatbelt on every time without even realizing I'm doing it. It's just automatic. I never understood the reasoning behind not putting it on. It's quick and simple, and will save your life and help keep you from getting pulled over. It's just ignorant not to wear one.

[Denny]

I put my seatbelt on every time without even realizing I'm doing it. It's just automatic. I never understood the reasoning behind not putting it on. It's quick and simple, and will save your life and help keep you from getting pulled over. It's just ignorant not to wear one.

Ditto. Everyone knows the laws before they even get in the car. Like them or not, you're obligated to abide.

[racrguy]

I put my seatbelt on every time without even realizing I'm doing it. It's just automatic. I never understood the reasoning behind not putting it on. It's quick and simple, and will save your life and help keep you from getting pulled over. It's just ignorant not to wear one.

I don't think that's the arguing point. I agree that *generally* seat belts are very beneficial, but if I don't want to wear mine I shouldn't be forced to. But rarely will you catch me without one.

[Jimbo]

I put my seatbelt on every time without even realizing I'm doing it. It's just automatic. I never understood the reasoning behind not putting it on. It's quick and simple, and will save your life and help keep you from getting pulled over. It's just ignorant not to wear one.

I agree, it is. So is a law forcing people above the age of 21 to wear them.

[LS1Goat]

That sucks man. Reminds me of my $160 ticket I got for driving through a grocery store parking lot in Coppell "using it as a detour".

[Chili]

Yeah, what I was getting at earlier was that there are really two seperate discussions. Should you wear your seatbelt, and should there be a seatbelt law. I believe everyone shoudl wear their seatbelt but I do not think it is something that should be legislated.

[Denny]

I don't think that's the arguing point. I agree that *generally* seat belts are very beneficial, but if I don't want to wear mine I shouldn't be forced to. But rarely will you catch me without one.

No one is forcing anyone to. Just don't drive.

[Jimbo]

Ditto. Everyone knows the laws before they even get in the car. Like them or not, you're obligated to abide.

That is true, but I can still think that that law is wrong. Hell I can go roller skating down an icy street with no helmet and razor blades taped to my face with no problem, but I cant drive 40 feet to my neighbors house without owing the government money?

[Denny]

That is true, but I can still think that that law is wrong. Hell I can go roller skating down an icy street with no helmet and razor blades taped to my face with no problem, but I cant drive 40 feet to my neighbors house without owing the government money?

So you're driving on a Texas public roadway that is under enforcement by Texas poilice officers that uphold the Texas laws that you acknowledged when you got your Texas driver's license?

[Jimbo]

No one is forcing anyone to. Just don't drive.

Ugh, I expect better after reading your posts.

Enjoy your dried veggies when the gov makes fat/grease illegal, or decides your shotgun is too dangerous for you.

[asphaltjunkie]

I've been saying this shit for years.....the seatbelt "law" is rediculous. If you don't want to wear a device that could potentially save your fucking life in the event of a car crash....and you have one...and end up dying because you didn't have it on....we didn't need you, thank you for playing.

[Jimbo]

So you're driving on a Texas public roadway that is under enforcement by Texas poilice officers that uphold the Texas laws that you acknowledged when you got your Texas driver's license?

Your point? Is it that I cannot disagree with a law because it is a law? Is this China now?

[racrguy]

So you're driving on a Texas public roadway that is under enforcement by Texas poilice officers that uphold the Texas laws that you acknowledged when you got your Texas driver's license?

I'm not sure you get the point we're trying to make. Is it a law, yes. Do we have to abide by it, yes. Should I be required by law to protect myself from.... Myself, no. Underage seatbelt laws I completely agree with, children don't have the ability to make those kinds of choices and weigh all the pros and cons. Adults can, therefore shouldn't be subject to nanny laws such as this. Again, it's a law and we have to abide, but it shouldn't have been a law in the first place.

[Jimbo]

I've been saying this shit for years.....the seatbelt "law" is rediculous. If you don't want to wear a device that could potentially save your fucking life in the event of a car crash....and you have one...and end up dying because you didn't have it on....we didn't need you, thank you for playing.

Exactly, we need to thin the herd, I disagree with suicide being illegal as well.