Click it or Ticket

[montaillou]

May 23 starts the two-week national Click It or Ticket campaign aimed at encouraging everyone to wear their seat belt on every trip.

Expect your state to be extra vigilant.

Or at least have a DNR on record and save the rest of us the tax dollars.

[MassiveWalrus]

yyee haw.

[maxell0405]

If we are going to have national health care, especially, I am in favor of tiered coverage that excludes benefits for injury and illness caused by choices made by individuals. If you so love your "freedom" that you refuse to comply with seatbelt laws, then national health insurance won't pay your hospital and doctors bills resulting from your flying through the windshield or getting smacked by an airbag because you weren't belted in. Ditto for cancer bills from smokers, knee replacements for joggers, etc. It's a moral hazard to insure such behavior. You're free to do it, but don't ask the rest of us to pay for it.

[BimmerBreaker]

With the speeds I drive its probably safer for me to be thrown out of the car then to be strapped into it...

[Kevlar]

Campaigns like this always make me wonder... So they are going to just enforce the law which they should be doing anyway.

Does this mean they are not going to enforce it when the campaign is over?

Or they are going to dedicate extra resources to this now so other things can go unchecked?

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[Doge]

...knee replacements for joggers, etc. It's a moral hazard to insure such behavior...

Not to pick a fight. Is this really the best example?
Living a healthy lifestyle is something that should lower rates...also, humans are naturally built endurance runners.
By that same logic should Pilots/Flight attendants have to pay out of pocket for cancer treatments?

I do agree with the rest of your points, but the runner thing struck me wrong.

[maxell0405]

Touche on the joggers, but it's a pet peeve of mine. IMO there are much better ways of staying fit that don't ruin your knees, hips, and feet. Just don't run on asphalt in traffic, OK? Run on a trail or even a treadmill. Don't run 30 miles a week, etc. And pilots get cancer? Well, at least they are contributing a social utility.

[Doge]

Touche on the joggers, but it's a pet peeve of mine. IMO there are much better ways of staying fit that don't ruin your knees, hips, and feet. Just don't run on asphalt in traffic, OK? Run on a trail or even a treadmill. Don't run 30 miles a week, etc. And pilots get cancer? Well, at least they are contributing a social utility.

I agree, running on paved surfaces is the primary cause of those types of injuries (or at least exacerbating them). Being pro-running, I always advocate proper technique, and proper running location. Pilots/attendants are at an increased risk due to the lack of protection afforded them from the lack of atmosphere @ 30,000ft for extended periods for the duration of a 30~40yr career...much more of a subjective analysis on my part I would agree.

Let us all agree the real issue plaguing the roads today are those contemptible "road cyclists"...bane of my existence, they are.

[TXBDan]

Are there really people who don't wear their seatbelts? I've literally never witnessed such stupidity.

[montaillou]

Or they are going to dedicate extra resources to this now so other things can go unchecked?

In my state, non-seat belt wearers account for about 20% of the fatalities yet make up 5% of the drivers. Not to mention how many injuries they account for that could have been prevented. Certainly some other crimes are more important, but I don't think that such should be overlooked especially when other costs are factored in.

I doubt cops are letting speeders go just so they can ticket someone not wearing a seat belt.