Click It or Ticket Seatbelt Laws

As a American I think we should be able to do anything our heart desires as long as it does not hurt other people. I’ve grown up thinking that cops were our friends and they were here to protect and serve, as their motto says. Over the past years I’ve started seeing this trend of the Government, and the Law, infringing on my rights and freedom. They do this to protect us, from us, they tell us.

In several states in this country, like Virginia, it is illegal to have a radar detector. I found this a little ironic, seeing as Virginia was one of the first states in this country & stood for liberty at one time. After all, if somebody is shooting a beam into my airspace it would seem like I would have a right to know about it. This may seem like a little silly statement, but its just the start if you read on. I was once pulled over & given a ticket, not for speeding, but for having a radar detector in the car. I had to ask myself – who was I hurting?

There have been smoking laws enacted across the country. On the surface this seems a little mean & infringing on someones right to do with what they want. After all, it is their body. But, to a point, it effects the health of those around the smoker. I cannot complain, as I have asthma, that second-hand smoke bothers me. What they are doing lately is taxing the crap out of cigarettes though, and I think that is wrong. They’ve crossed the line again in infringing upon personal rights because they think it is for our own good. I don’t even smoke & I think this is wrong.

Now here comes this Click it or Ticket Law. Lets see, seat belts save lives. Yes, I can agree with that.
But let’s look at this again. I’m driving down the road in a piece of property that I have, or am, paying for. This piece of property is rolling on tires that I paid for. Those tires are rolling on pavement that my taxes paid for. If I am not endangering the people around me by not wearing a seat belt – then stay off my property!

This is a Public Relations screw-up all the way around. The economy is the worst it has been since the great depression. Unemployment is over 10% and climbing. People have lost their life savings. Social security will not be there for many of us. And some jerk of a cop wants to pull more money out of my pocket over a pork law to bring in more money for the government.