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Originally posted by Ace-Ace
(FYI, I'm pretty sure the government forces seatbelt usage to protect insurance companies and state prosecution fees rather than human lives).
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Partly, yes. But the other reasons for seatbelt and helmet laws are quite significant as well. Like for example, the drain on society when thousands of people every month with head injuries and other preventable injuries taking up beds in hospitals, and also causing insurance rates for everyone to rise.
These, and the coming cellphone laws, are for protection and prevention as much as to benefit insurance companies. And hell, insurance companies love accidents and having to pay out settlements. People say "Thank GOD I had insurance!" causing others to buy more insurance, and of course they simply raise their premiums to recoup the loss. No, public outcry is most of the reason why such laws come into effect. Society becomes tired and outraged when it sees death and dammage on the rise due to something that is PREVENTABLE.