Try as I might, I cannot think of a better moniker than "nanny-state" to describe . . . those ridiculous seat belt laws . . . Mike Thompson Windom
But Mike, the whole idea of 'seat belts' came from your private sector, the automobile manufacturers. It was pushed by them as a cheap way to avoid the proposed 'air bags', and their lobbying power forced it in over the objections of auto safety agencies. And they managed to sneak a little goodie into the law, making it hard for people injured by unsafe auto designs to sue the manufacturer.
Eventually, the automobile manufactures came up with the idea of making these a special 'safety' option, that they could get people to pay extra for.
If only they had thought of that in the 1960's, think how many lives would have been saved on our highways!
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