When seat belt laws drew fire as a violation of personal freedom
When seat belt laws drew fire as a violation of personal freedom
www.history.com When New Seat Belt Laws Drew Fire as a Violation of Personal Freedom | HISTORY
The 1980s battle over safety belt laws reflected widespread ambivalence over the role and value of government regulation.
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I was visiting family in rural Virginia five or six years ago and was surprised to hear that seatbelts are still contentious. The most frequent argument that I heard is that wearing seatbelts isn’t safe. Ironically there was a death in the family around the same time in that same area that a seatbelt would have prevented.
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