It's weird how people complain that seat belt laws take away their personal freedom, it's like, you know what else takes away personal freedom? Dying. Amirite?

It's stupid that (at least in Minnesota) there is no law for having to wear a helmet but you have to wear a seat belt.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Same in Indiana. It's incredibly stupid.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Well in Minnesota they have Vikings so that's really weird that they don't have helmets..

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Move to NH. No helmet. No seatbelt. And no sales tax. Amen.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Minnesota doesn't have a sales tax on clothing.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Or on most food items.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Let them not wear seatbelts. They can die doing exactly what they want, and it will be a nice way to get rid of stupid people without having to do anything murder-y

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Except that they become killer projectiles that way and could very possibly kill innocent people who where wearing their seat belts. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWLmoeoHrP4

by Anonymous 12 years ago

It's your choice to ride with someone who doesn't wear a seatbelt. (Unless you're a kidnap victim or a little kid) So you take the risk.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

So it's okay if kidnap victims or little kids are at risk. Interesting.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Not what I meant. I meant they don't really have a say in the matter. It's not that it's ok. I'm sorry if that's how people have been interpreting what I said

by Anonymous 12 years ago

This video is misleading. 1) Where are the statistics that show how often this type of accident happens? Until now, this is the first time this situation has even crossed my mind. Not that it would never happen; It just seems that this wouldn't be the result of every accident in which a person is not wearing a seat belt. 2) In most places it is the drivers responsibility to make sure all passengers are wearing their seat belts. When a driver is pulled over and a passenger doesn't have their seat belt on, the driver is fined regardless of how old passenger is. 3) It is the woman's fault for not paying attention to what's in front of her.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Natural selection at its finest.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

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by Anonymous 12 years ago

THE TITTY BEAR!

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Do they also make a manboob bear?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Commercials like this are so funny. If I buy these will I be comfortable and get a nice set of boobs too.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Nothing like a bear and a rack

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I've never actually heard anyone complain with that reasoning.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

You know what takes away your objective freedom? Physics.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

You know who I love oh so dearly? Anthony.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I recently checked a post I made a LONG time ago, and now 90% of the comments are mine because the users who made most of the other comments were banned. Now my post make me seem self-important.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Lol, I'd like to see that. What post is it

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Also that was somewhat irrelevant

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Emphasis on "somewhat". http://amirite.net/477591

by Anonymous 12 years ago

It looks like when people remove their comments on Facebook so people talk to themselves... Lmao

by Anonymous 12 years ago

New game: Delete all comments on POTD that aren't made by Chauncy.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

They complain because their seatbelts raped their mother when they were young.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Hey don't joke around like that. My mom was raped by a spoiler when she was 8.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

It was consensual, man! She came on to me!

by Anonymous 12 years ago

BULLSHIT MAN! (cry2)

by Anonymous 12 years ago

You called? cool

by Anonymous 12 years ago

New Hampshire is the only US state that doesn't have a seat belt law. They take their license plates a little too literally.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

My mom's friend rarely wears a seat-belt because she finds it uncomfortable. I've said to her before, "You know what's more uncomfortable? Being thrown through your windshield."

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yeah my best friend's mom does that and so does her stepdad. Scares me /:

by Anonymous 12 years ago

When they first required seat belts to be installed in vehicles, more people had wrecks because they drove more recklessly. Just a little fact. I wear my seat belt and I do believe they protect you for the most part when you're in an accident, but the government shouldn't force people to wear them.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

The thing is, when you don't wear your seat belt, you're endangering more than just yourself. Someone posted a video near the top.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

The video doesn't state how often that happens. I'm not saying it never does, but it's just one of those things that's possible. Kind of like how in very rare occasions someone not wearing a seat belt has saved their own life.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I don't know the statistics (though my drivers ed teacher told us once, and it's higher for people not wearing a seat belt to hurt someone than not wearing one to save someone), but I believe it's safer to wear one for everyone.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I do too. But even before wearing a seat belt became the law, it states in the driver's ed manual that it is the drivers responsibility to make sure all of their passengers are wearing seat belts because it is the driver that is responsible for their safety. However, I don't agree that the government should have a say in whether people should be wearing them or not.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I don't think the driver should be responsible unless the passenger is under 16 or 18 (I believe it is that way in Canada). But I think that if there is a risk to other people, then you should have to wear it. I could kinda see if you were alone in the vehicle...

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Saying the driver isn't responsible for its passengers is the same as saying the driver isn't responsible for endangering their lives by driving recklessly and speeding. Sure it's true that an adult can simply choose to not ride with someone who may endanger their lives but many people aren't going to do that.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Wait I'm confused... The driver isn't responsible for their passengers because they do choose to drive with them. But, if the driver is doing illegal things (say speeding or driving recklessly), then they are responsible for anything that happens (as they're driving illegally).

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'm trying to say that we have rules that state that the driver holds responsibility for his/her passengers' safety.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I agree, if the person driving is doing something illegal. But if someone refuses to wear a seat belt regardless of what the driver says, then I don't believe the driver should be responsible for that (lest the passenger be under age). So should you be pulled over, the person of age not wearing a seat belt should be the one ticketed, not the driver.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Then that's their choice

by Anonymous 12 years ago

It's a choice to ride with them

by Anonymous 12 years ago

What do you mean?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Replied to the wrong comment sorry

by Anonymous 12 years ago

"but the government shouldn't force people to wear them"...because?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Government regulation isn't always the best route to go and often has adverse effects. Most laws that are passed aren't thought through all that carefully (not to mention that many bills that are passed gained votes by giving incentives to those who voted for them). As stated in my comment above, people wearing seat belts usually feel safer and drive less carefully.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Do you WANT the government to regulate everything?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Agreed. but I think if they can prove you weren't wearing a seatbelt during an accident they have the right to not conver the damages and after x many instanxes the right to deny you insurance

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Seat belts get really uncomfortable when you have to fit more people in the car than there are seats... Just saying...

by Anonymous 12 years ago

then get two cars

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'm pretty sure that's illegal....just like not wearing a seatbelt.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

It's not illegal where I live. Not everyone on this site lives in the US...

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I know, but a majority of people live in places where seat belts are compulsory, like Canada, the UK, and Australia. I'm sorry for not knowing the country that you live in.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I guess it's just a cultural thing. We've fit over twenty people in my family's SUV because otherwise they would have had to walk through a really dangerous part of town at night. 1% chance of car wreck vs 75% chance of being mugged, raped, kidnapped....

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Word.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

You know what else takes away freedom.....The US Government

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yeah, but thats the government controlling your actions. you know what else can contribute to death? fast food. cigarettes. why doesn't the government just make everything that we can die from illegal. p.s i always always wear my seat belt. i just think people should be able to make their own decisions when it only affects them.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

But it doesn't only affect them. Say you crash into someone, and he dies, cause he wasn't wearing a seatbelt. Now his death is on your conscience, and it wouldn't be, had he been wearing a seat belt.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I say let people not wear seat belts. Darwinism at it's finest.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

People are so obsessed with "freedom" these days, it's ridiculous.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Most people who are complaining about seat belts law aren't complaining because they have to wear their seat belt. They're complaining because the law leaves them with no choice.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

My dad says he'll wear a seatbelt when they make motorcycles illegal.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

That actually makes sense. Unlike some of the arguments up there^^

by Anonymous 12 years ago

It became a sub-conscious habit by the time I was 10. Otherwise it just feels weird. Personal freedom my ass, seat belts have saved lifes thousands of times. Pressure? Don't buckle it so tight then.

by Anonymous 12 years ago