Seat belts, it's the law, but should it be???

It is the law, but the big question is, should it be the law for everyone?? This story my husband told me, I just couldn't hardly believe. In a County in Oklahoma, a guy that my husbands works with, was pulled over fined $250 for NO seat belt and taken to jail for 30 days, for NO seat belt, that is the law in that county. To me, that is utterly ridiculous I can't believe that they can legally fine you that much and take you to jail. I can understand that little kids shld be buckled up, I can't stand seeing little toddlers being held by there mother while driving or running around in the car while there mother is driving. Anyway, what do ya'll think?

Well it is to keep people safe but I once heard a story about a mother who was driving and she got pulled over and actly got arrested for not wearing a seatbelt.
She was in a rush to pick her kids from soccor pratise and forgot to put it on.Can you belive this?I don't remember what state it was through.
I think that is going alittle over board through don't you?JM

yeah, wayyyy overboard.

Yes it should be the law, there is NO good reason not to wear a seatbelt, other then laziness or idiocy. Take the extra 2 seconds and buckle the damn belt. Problem solved.

I do agree that that's a bit overboard if it's true, but I'm not sure I fully believe that story, sounds exagerated. I've never heard of anyone going to jail AND getting fined for not wearing a seat belt.

I think it should be the law for people under 18. I don't know why, but it just doesn't seem quite right for that to be illegal 😬

In any case though, as long as it is the law, it's ridiculous to be arresting people for not wearing seatbelts. I've never thought that the stupid things people do harm their own bodies should be illegal. It's not the government's responsibility to try to regulate that kind of thing.

I agree with everything Backfire said.

There are times I'm late for class, but I always put on a seat belt no matter how rushed I feel. There's no excuse not to wear a seat belt.

Common sense dictates that you should wear one.

But do you know why laws were passed to force people to wear them?
Not your safety; $$$$.

Yup, in the mid 80s states were loosing money because of rising insurance premiums, they had to initiate seat belt laws to curb rising rates and collect extra revenue from tickets.

Yes, Finti it does seem very outrageous for it to happen, I kept asking my husband, Are you sure?? Are you sure?? Thats what the guy told hiim out work, he went to jail and was fined. Now they are always fined, but not that much, it's usually around $25.
When me and my brother were kids he was in an accident and was thrown out of the pick-up, had he NOT been thrown out, it could have killed him, SO ever since then I just feel it shld be the persons choice to wear it or not, but kids I do think shld be buckled up.

When you were kids...
Thats the point, Now it much safer if you stay in teh vehicle, they have been engineered that way. Yes Seat belts are nessacary, There are MUCH more accident related injurys prevented with them than they have caused.

It did happen guys this storly is not fake,But it is your choice to belive it or not.JM

Originally posted by Tptmanno1
When you were kids...
Thats the point, Now it much safer if you stay in teh vehicle, they have been engineered that way. Yes Seat belts are nessacary, There are MUCH more accident related injurys prevented with them than they have caused.

Really? I've never thought about that before

It dosnt matter Ill wear one regardless of the law

I don't ever wear a seat belt, unless I see a cop.

Ummmm seat belts keep you inside the car - and not fly out the window~!

Originally posted by Fiery Eyes
Really? I've never thought about that before

well, I never thought of it that way at all. Very good point you have made. For years i've been a rebel against seat belts, except I make my kids wear them, and now i'll need to rethink it all.

O come on - 30 days in jail for no seat belt!!!!! there has to be more to the story than that!

Thats what I kept saying too, some new thing they are trying in that county, well the $250 ticket got me too, thats HIGH

Not only that, but the seat belt worn correctly diagonal, can protect your heart from being crushed and punctured by your rib cage when you are hit head on. The way they are made, they withstand a very large amount of force, so they don't just prevent you from flying out, they are in fact useful.

Well...I have never ever studied about this at all, i'm very impressed with the information, silver tears and Tp. Thxx