| Seatbelt Law
Unless your cops are just world class dicks they aren't going to be going WAY out of their way to stop people for seatbelt violations. If they see you, they might stop you. It's not like MA cops constantly look for it. BUT if NH seatbelt usage goes up to 99% you will stand out enough and they might get you.
The reason you are never going to get people "furious" about this is almost everyone agrees seatbelts are good.. it just doesn't feel like "oppression" to be told to wear one.
Anti-government types always play the "slippery slope" card. But in our form of government a large # of people have to be bothered before people will organize to the point of defeating something like this. Are you going to take a vacation day to picket against a seatbelt law? Going to give up your free time to organize a protest? Probably not. Our government has not failed... if and when a truly oppressive law is proposed people will stand up. But until then everyone is comfortable and apathetic and no one is going to be motivated by seat belt laws.
I think the case for controlling what kind of food can be on the market (anti-mcdonalds) is actually stronger.. health care is going to become a crushing burden on our country, and obesity is going to lower our competitiveness with other countries. But it would be MUCH harder battle to control food, people will stand up for that, it's in our basic biology.  |