bigray wrote:Woahh.. Your comparisons are apples to oranges. Not wearing a seatbelt is only directly affecting yourself. Not anyone else. While your other two examples clearly not only affect you.. But others as well.
We are not talking about who or what is affecting you or not, it is the law and you have to follow it and like I said you do have a choice to wear it or not.
Not wearing your seat belt can affect others, lets say I crash into someone who has no seatbelt on and because of that he dies or is severely injured and if he was wearing a seatbelt the damages would be less.
The examples I gave were perfect since you were talking about choices.
I give a fuck less either way. I personally always wear mine, and so do all my passengers. But if some dumbass chooses not to wear one. They can deal with the consequences. Not me.
Yes and that is the way it is, if 1 of my passengers chooses not to put on his seatbelt he gets a ticket not me.
You are the one who brought up the comparisons and were trying to use them directly against. I was merely explaining how you can't compare the two as they are completely different. In every way. Which, therefore, makes zero sense in bringing up to begin with. I already said we do have a choice, technically. That is not what I was getting at. I explained that one already previously, too.
If you crash into someone who is not wearing their seatbelt. It was their choice not to. Therefore, it's their responsibility. Not yours cause you crashed into them. When you step into a vehicle you have to understand anything can happen. Doesn't matter who is at fault for the actual crash.
@ Slik. I knew someone was going to bring up that it affects your family shit. I actually had that in my post originally. And, obviously it will affect family. Everything you do, every choice you make in life is going to, somehow or someway... That isn't the point I was getting at. I should have worded it differently.
I was basically just trying to explain, simply, that you wearing your seatbelt can only harm you/family. Directly. Although it isn't going to kill/physically harm anyone else if you decide not to wear your own seatbelt. Unlike the others couple scenarios brought up. To where they are affecting everyone on the streets. Drivers and non drivers, alike.
But also, if a person has a wife and children at home... He should be thinking about that to begin with. People need to carry a little more responsibility on their own self. Wearing a seatbelt doesn't automatically mean you'll live anyways. But, I get the points made. It's much bigger than that though.
I think the bit on the speed limit, drinking/driving, cell phone, etc.. is a whole nother discussion.
In the end.. I, basically, just think people need to learn to think for themselves. Do right by themselves and when they fuck up.. Be responsible. To many fuckin whiny bitches these days.
