This is another topic which needs addressing.
I'm sure most of you have seen the click it or ticket commercials lately and I'm wondering what you think of it. I was also watching the evening news tonight and saw that they are setting up checkpoints for seatbelts and was rather offended.
I am outraged at the tactics that are being implemented for this campaign. No, I'm not talking about it supposedly targeting Hispanics(which supposedly buckle up the least) but rather that they are setting up seatbelt checkpoints!
"In North Carolina and across America, millions of deaths and injuries are caused because people don't use seat belts and child safety seats. Research shows that appeals to "do the right thing" don't work for the remaining people who don't use belts. What gets them to buckle up is high visibility enforcement. That means checkpoints and traffic tickets for drivers not using belts. " - North Carolina DOT
Are checkpoints really neccessary? I can see giving a ticket (since it is still the law) for not wearing a seatbelt if you are stopped for another traffic violation but checkpoints? Do you realize how much this is costing us in police force labor? Sure they are supposedly getting the funding from Federal grants but this is the type of gov't waste we need to get rid of.
Do seatbelts save lives? Sure do and I wear mine all the time (well almost ). Also, I sure as hell make sure my kids are buckled in, because I am responsible for them. But an adult not wearing a seatbelt isn't a threat to public safety and therefore shouldn't be law in the first place but checkpoints?
Legitimate or not You can also do a google search of "click it or ticket" and have plenty to read
Another link
I'm sure some of you can post better written arguments than I since I am still steaming hot about this issue. So have at it
CkG
Edit - oops wrong link
I'm sure most of you have seen the click it or ticket commercials lately and I'm wondering what you think of it. I was also watching the evening news tonight and saw that they are setting up checkpoints for seatbelts and was rather offended.
I am outraged at the tactics that are being implemented for this campaign. No, I'm not talking about it supposedly targeting Hispanics(which supposedly buckle up the least) but rather that they are setting up seatbelt checkpoints!
"In North Carolina and across America, millions of deaths and injuries are caused because people don't use seat belts and child safety seats. Research shows that appeals to "do the right thing" don't work for the remaining people who don't use belts. What gets them to buckle up is high visibility enforcement. That means checkpoints and traffic tickets for drivers not using belts. " - North Carolina DOT
Are checkpoints really neccessary? I can see giving a ticket (since it is still the law) for not wearing a seatbelt if you are stopped for another traffic violation but checkpoints? Do you realize how much this is costing us in police force labor? Sure they are supposedly getting the funding from Federal grants but this is the type of gov't waste we need to get rid of.
Do seatbelts save lives? Sure do and I wear mine all the time (well almost ). Also, I sure as hell make sure my kids are buckled in, because I am responsible for them. But an adult not wearing a seatbelt isn't a threat to public safety and therefore shouldn't be law in the first place but checkpoints?
Legitimate or not You can also do a google search of "click it or ticket" and have plenty to read
Another link
I'm sure some of you can post better written arguments than I since I am still steaming hot about this issue. So have at it
CkG
Edit - oops wrong link