Aggressive seatbelt campaign

[Nienna]

I do not wear a seatbelt. I used to, though. But, mainly out of being stubborn because IT IS THE LAW, and because of, as others have said, there are very definitely times where it is much better to be able to get out of the way...fast, I now usually do not buckle up.

There are times when I see a lot of cops that I will buckle up for protection, but not because of an accident, but because of the likelihood of being pulled over and having to pay a healthy fine.

As has been said, there is just too much "control for your own good" going on and people can't see that it will just keep getting worse until we have no choices left. osit.

On the subject of motorcycle helmets. They do give "some" protection. But they also greatly reduce peripheral vision and hearing. My husband has a friend that was in a motorcycle accident and was wearing a helmet. He was not killed because of the helmet, but was left mentally damaged. He is a vegetable. So which is the worse-case scenario is up to each individual. But choices are not available.

 

[Youngfox]

WEARING SEATBELTS SHOULD BE A PERSONAL CHOICE

Yes 100% agreed. It's called freedom and our "leaders" should really look into the concept.
I speak, of course, only from my personal experience.
I've bounced around in one too many vehicles to not belt in.

Another thought occurs in this matter.
Say the PTB need to mount a search for an individual for reasons they would rather not share with the slumbering zombie public.

Just set up seat belt and booze checks all over - with the conditioning that it is all for our own good nobody would question why the “crackdown" had been “beefed up".

Again just the assertion of more control in the benevolent guise of the great nanny state watching over its hapless “consumers“.

 

[Johnno]

I note one of the Signs-of-the-Times contributors has posted an article about Mr. Bush's seatbelt usage.

http://www.signs-of-the-times.org/articles/show/132682-Bush%27s+Seat+Belt+Usage+Not+Locked+Down

 

[agni]

I agree with a rest who say seatbelts should be a personal choice, and perhaps left up to intuition. If it tells me to wear it one day, and not to wear it another day, why I should be punished by that ? Enforcing seatbelt in that case equals intuition "overwrite" and numbing.

Control mechanism at its best, aka "Do as I say, do not listen to youreslf"

 

[Alana]

It's also another way for the government to get money from its citizens. I had to go to court to pay a fine of 50 CY pounds for not wearing a belt. I asked: "well, isn't it MY problem whether i wear my seat belt or not?"
I was told that the government feels responsible to protect its people and make sure they don't harm themselves.

I rolled my eyes but paid, and damn it! it hurt to pay that money for nothing! Protect us my **s!
I was in a hit and run scene where the car hit and run and the boy on the bicycle that was hit layed bleeding for 1 hour and 15 minutes untill the ambulance came. Note that i could walk from the place of the accident to the hospital in no more than 15 minutes!

Sometimes i get this urged to become a hermit!

 

[seek10]

some observations

1. After taking defense driving course which contains video of accidents with seat belts and with out seat belts. I vowed not to drive with out seat belt ever in my life. It is highly effective. Recent NJ governer episode is an simple example.

2. I see police at every corner of the New Jersey high way like a receptionist infront of a hotel. from May fist particularly. I was told that they are going to strictly enforce official 65MPH limit . Generally 99% of the time they dont catch any body even at 75MPH on 65MPH limit road. This month, couple of times police was driving behind me when I was 75MPH and didn't pulled me over. So Some thing more is going on.

3. This weeks campaign of seat belt could be related to coming Long Weekend cautions.

Where do they get money for local goverment employees with their agenda of eliminating 3 Billion people ? or
May be they thought people are too relaxed not getting feared for their colored flag operation, let us extract some Hoosh.

Any way ,Rules and ideologies are for normal people Not for ..Paths. Looks like some thing is in pipe line.

 

[agni]

Speaking of a devil, it's been second time on my way to work, I see cops walking among cars on intersection looking inside the cars, checking for seatbelts. Give it couple of more years, I won't be surprised to see cops looking inside apartment windows or something to see what we do...