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Originally posted by volante
No doubt you consider speed limits to be an infringement of your rights also?
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Good question. That's something I'd have to give some thought to. If you have the people "personal responsibility" you'd have idiots doing 110 MPH in traffic. I think that falls more under the lines of law enforcement for a dangerous act rather than infringements of personal rights.
Don't misunderstand me in this matter. I never talk in the car as the drive on a cell phone unless it's an absolute emergency (in which I case I pay a lot more attention to my driving). I get as pissed as anybody when morons drift side to side, pull out, speed up / slow down because they're on a phone yapping away like they're an all-important god.
As far as seat belts are concerned...those who do not wear seatbelts are participating in passive eugenics. I say more power to people if they don't want to wear a seat belt or motorcycle helmet. If you're not wearing those items, then you're an absolute idiot. Saying "they didn't wear a seatbelt they deserve to die" is obviously taking it a bit far...but I believe seat belts are more of a personal choice (shouldn't be much of one if you have any education at all) rather than something that should be enforced (FYI, I'm pretty sure the government forces seatbelt usage to protect insurance companies and state prosecution fees rather than human lives).