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Hard to believe, but Georgia remains the only state in the union not to require seat belt usage of either the driver or passenger of a pickup truck.
Oh, Georgia legislators have been trying for years to get a law passed, but due to some rural legislators, who have resisted, no seat belt law is in place.
The reason? Wearing a seat belt is an inconvenience for farmers and farm workers, who frequently hop in and out of their pickups as they tend the fields, and that there is too little traffic on Georgia's back country farm roads to worry about the risk of a collision with another vehicle... And so I ask, how is Georgia any different from any other state in this matter, especially neighboring states, that essentially farm the same crops?
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If you scroll down to the comments you might notice that I was actually motivated enough to join and try to blast some sense into these mindless users on Edmunds
My comment:
WHO CARES?!!?!?!
All of you people who want to hold everyones hand make me sick.. all silly laws do is further encourage people to not use their damn brain
If you want to not wear a seatbelt, then thats your business. When you fly out of your car and die, thats also your business, your life.
Smoking should be illegal before any seatbelt laws are enforced (smoking actually hurts OTHER people). Most European countries have seatbelt laws, but the government pays for medical care in those countries so it only make sense. In those same countries, doctors get bonuses for getting more people to quit smoking and drinking.....oh my god... a country where laws make sense??? and you can't sue someone for driving into a tree or tripping over your own feet!!!
Until government in the US provides medical care for the people, they have ABSLUTELY NO F*!#IN RIGHT to tell anyone what risk they can/cant take with their own life and limb.
Personal accountability, LEARN IT
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Hard to believe, but Georgia remains the only state in the union not to require seat belt usage of either the driver or passenger of a pickup truck.
Oh, Georgia legislators have been trying for years to get a law passed, but due to some rural legislators, who have resisted, no seat belt law is in place.
The reason? Wearing a seat belt is an inconvenience for farmers and farm workers, who frequently hop in and out of their pickups as they tend the fields, and that there is too little traffic on Georgia's back country farm roads to worry about the risk of a collision with another vehicle... And so I ask, how is Georgia any different from any other state in this matter, especially neighboring states, that essentially farm the same crops?
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If you scroll down to the comments you might notice that I was actually motivated enough to join and try to blast some sense into these mindless users on Edmunds
My comment:
WHO CARES?!!?!?!
All of you people who want to hold everyones hand make me sick.. all silly laws do is further encourage people to not use their damn brain
If you want to not wear a seatbelt, then thats your business. When you fly out of your car and die, thats also your business, your life.
Smoking should be illegal before any seatbelt laws are enforced (smoking actually hurts OTHER people). Most European countries have seatbelt laws, but the government pays for medical care in those countries so it only make sense. In those same countries, doctors get bonuses for getting more people to quit smoking and drinking.....oh my god... a country where laws make sense??? and you can't sue someone for driving into a tree or tripping over your own feet!!!
Until government in the US provides medical care for the people, they have ABSLUTELY NO F*!#IN RIGHT to tell anyone what risk they can/cant take with their own life and limb.
Personal accountability, LEARN IT
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