Seatbelt bill hits bump in the road

[Marnie]

A state Senate committee is recommending against requiring adult drivers in New Hampshire to wear seatbelts.

Members of the Transportation and Interstate Cooperation Committee who voted against the bill this morning said requiring seatbelt use wouldn't necessarily prompt more people to use them, and that educating drivers about why they should buckle up was a better plan.

Those voting for the requirement said if the bill doesn't pass, more people will be hurt or killed in New Hampshire crashes.

The House already has approved requiring seatbelts.

Union Leader

[Scarletprayers]

What gets me is, we HAVE to wear seatbelts, but people on motorcycles don't have to wear helmets, now what kinda sense does that make?

[hmh]

What gets me is, we HAVE to wear seatbelts, but people on motorcycles don't have to wear helmets, now what kinda sense does that make?

Because we need more organ doners.

[Scarletprayers]

What gets me is, we HAVE to wear seatbelts, but people on motorcycles don't have to wear helmets, now what kinda sense does that make?

Because we need more organ doners.

Well makes as much sense as anything else I've heard!

[Scarletprayers]

What gets me is, we HAVE to wear seatbelts, but people on motorcycles don't have to wear helmets, now what kinda sense does that make?

I live in Tennessee too. Motorcycle helmets ARE reqired here.

Well they are about to pass a bill here, where they don't have to, and there are already a few states where they don't have to Kentucky and California and a few others..............just makes no sense to me!

[hmh]

Here in Florida the law was changed to where as long as you have insurance, you do not have to wear a helmut. The two people who fought to change the law, the first died three weeks after the law was changed and the second died two months later. Fatalities have shot through the roof because of the change.

I made a comment about organ doners because in the circles of accident investigators, we have an inside joke where we see anyone not wearing a helmut we refer to them as "future organ doners" only because most motorcycle accidents result in fatal injuries.

If you think that's insulting ask me what we refer to parents who don't put their children in car seats and I'll PM you that response.

[Marnie]

You guys are missing the point. Why have seatbelt and helmet laws at all? For that matter, why have carseat laws? They don't make people better drivers. Aren't laws supposed to protect me from you? These laws are at best insulting to us who know better, and at worst are creating a generation of mindless robots who now don't have to think or take responsibility for themselves. Plus, those dopey bike helmets are now creating the new craze of "helmet boxing!"

[kat8585]

Here in Florida the law was changed to where as long as you have insurance, you do not have to wear a helmut.

That's about STUPID!!!!!

If you think that's insulting ask me what we refer to parents who don't put their children in car seats and I'll PM you that response.

Can you PM me that response? Thanks.

[Scarletprayers]

You guys are missing the point. Why have seatbelt and helmet laws at all? For that matter, why have carseat laws? They don't make people better drivers. Aren't laws supposed to protect me from you? These laws are at best insulting to us who know better, and at worst are creating a generation of mindless robots who now don't have to think or take responsibility for themselves. Plus, those dopey bike helmets are now creating the new craze of "helmet boxing!"

Oh I know.......................I have ALWAYS hated the fact that Big Brother decided I have to wear a seatbelt.....................go do something useful like balancing the budget or something and leave me alone.

[rtwo]

You guys are missing the point. Why have seatbelt and helmet laws at all? For that matter, why have carseat laws? They don't make people better drivers. Aren't laws supposed to protect me from you? These laws are at best insulting to us who know better, and at worst are creating a generation of mindless robots who now don't have to think or take responsibility for themselves. Plus, those dopey bike helmets are now creating the new craze of "helmet boxing!"

I agree with you for the most part, Marnie, though I actually agree with carseat laws. Children don't get to make their own decisions about safety, and their lives are in the hands of others... because of this, I have no problem at all with carseats, because it's about the welfare of the child, and not the freedom of the parent.

Having said that, I'm hugely anti-seatbelt law and anti-helmet law, and always have been. Sadly, I've lived in MI and now NY where both laws have been on the books for a few years now. It's just another example of the elitist mindset of government officials that they believe they're intelligent enough to protect the common man from his poor, stupid self.