Originally posted by Ausgedient the Ninja:
Originally posted by thepakrat:
It's also smart to remember that driving is not a right, it's a priveledge.


[censored]. It is a right. People are born with the right to transport themselves.



Yep, it's called legs. Anything you said after that is worthless. There are no "rights" handed down in the Constitution that says "Owning and operating a mode of transportation is within your rights." It's a privilege. You earn it, by training and testing. If you fail, you don't get to drive, for obvious reasons. There are laws governing driving for this very reason.

That aside, I disagree with enforcing the law of "click-it-or-ticket," because despite the obvious safety of wearing a seatbelt, unlike second-hand smoke, it generally (note- I said GENERALLY, this is not empirical by any stretch)does not affect anyone else. If someone dies due to their choice of not using a seatbelt, it was their fault- even if they were not at-fault in the accident.

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