Alot of states are trying to enforce this. For all of you that dont know what the "Click it or Ticket" campaign is; It's being pulled over simply because you arent wearing your seat belt. On top of that, if you are riding with a buddy, and he was to get pulled over, and you as the passenger didnt have your seat belt on, you would get a ticket too. Sometimes police or highway patrol have checkpoints/or roadblocks to check people. They stop every vehical passing through to check and see if they are wearing their seat belts. Shouldnt police and highway patrol be out trying to find the people flying 120mph down the highway, or people running red lights, or driving wrecklessly instead of checking people for seat belts?
I wear my seat belt on occassion, and it doesnt bother me to do so. But, I believe I should be able to pick and choose if I wanted to wear it. Especially if Im a passenger in my buddy's car. Some of these fines for seat belt tickets are rediculas. In some states, it's 150 bucks a pop. I could maybe see if you were pulled over in the car for speeding, and you didnt have your seat belt on and you got a ticket, fine. But to just be driving and a cop see you not wearing it and they pull you over, I think that's stupid. Im in no way anti-police or anything like that. Hell, Im in school for criminal justice. But I think this is getting out of hand. I think it's all about the money.
What are your thoughts about all this? Is your state doing this too? I havent been pulled over yet, but it's all over the flippin news.