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I am almost sad that I posted this video, it is so disgusting.
The first seat-belt law in the nation was enacted in NJ where I was a teen. The police were not allowed to pull anyone over for violating it. (It was said that this would always be the case.) You simply incurred an additional fine if you were pulled over for a moving violation and were found unbuckled. The major justification was that NJ had the highest automobile insurance rates in the nation, and, besides, the law would save lives. Of course, it was the "no fault" insurance policies mandated by the state that made insurance so expensive. If you were drunk and driving with your lights out, ran a stop sign and broadsided me, causing $2,000,000 in medical bills for the six passengers in my car, my insurer would foot half the bill, and my rates would quintuple, because nobody was at fault! No need to litigate, just punish the victim.
New Jersey passed a new law in the 90's allowing stops for seatbelt violations alone. The politicians swore this would never happen.
And now we have these slick Hollywood hip-hop style ads they are playing here in NY (not the same as the one I posted) advertising the national advent of this nanny state intrusion. I actually always wear a belt. I know enough people who have died in accidents, and the idea irks me, but I do the right thing even though I'm being coerced to do it.
This ad campaign nauseates me. Just think what Hitler could have done with such PR. How long until kids start pressing the OnStar button to rat out their scofflaw parents?
O tempora, o mores!
(Edited by Ted Keer on 5/15, 11:07am)
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