It is so saddening to know how we cut ourselves clear from the very freedoms that we’re so loud about! Recently the city council voted for introduction of yet another seat belt law, requiring all occupants of a vehicle to have their seat belts on. It also gives law enforcement officer to issue fines to anybody in the vehicle who was caught not wearing the belt when the officer pulled it over. More so, it gives the officer the right to stop the vehicle if the officer believes at least one of the occupants, including the driver, does not wear the seat belt.
Interestingly, only now the local media started expressing their concerns about such restrictions. 20 years ago, when I first came to this country, the law about wearing a seat belt by drivers was only gaining momentum, and everybody who had concerns about safety, was so anxious to not only support it, but to even report his or her fellow drivers to the police.
I am wondering what these media jockeys thinking back then, when such an intrusion upon personal freedom was made? Did they not see where it may lead?
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