RE: Laws regarding seatbelts and cigarettes
July 18, 2018 at 11:45 pm
(This post was last modified: July 18, 2018 at 11:51 pm by Ravenshire.)
(July 18, 2018 at 2:54 pm)Alexmahone Wrote: I really wish there was some level of consistency in the way the government makes laws regarding seatbelts and cigarettes. Currently seatbelts are mandatory while it's legal to buy/sell cigarettes.
Either:
1) Allow us to make poor decisions that may end up killing us by removing all laws that require one to wear a seatbelt and permitting people to freely buy/sell cigarettes
OR
2) Forbid us from making poor life/death decisions by requiring people to wear seatbelts and banning the sale of cigarettes.
Why is there a double standard with respect to these 2 issues?
It's not a double standard when you follow the money. The tobacco industry profits by continuing to sell. The insurance industry profits by not having to pay out as much.
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(July 18, 2018 at 10:40 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: Is it still voluntary to wear a motorcycle helmet in some places over there?
Colorado actually rescinded their helmet law. The argument was that they saw an increase in motorcycle deaths after they passed the helmet law. I have no idea if the argument has any weight, but I've heard it argued that helmets reduce visibility, reduce the ability to hear and aren't designed to protect the head at the velocities typical of highway speeds.
Personally I won't get on one of those fucking death machines. It's not so much the cycles as all the assholes who don't bother to watch for other motorists of any type.
It doesn't help that the cyclists around here use the fucking highway shoulders as their personal passing lanes.
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