http://bostonist.com/2006/01/17/legislatures_proposed_seatbelt_law_more_safety_or_more_police_searches.php All comments for Legislature's Proposed Seatbelt Law: More Safety or More Police Searches? en-us 2008 cheap_robv Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:00:00 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss rvassegh@gmail.com rvassegh@gmail.com 60 http://bostonist.com/2006/01/17/legislatures_proposed_seatbelt_law_more_safety_or_more_police_searches.php#comment-151777 http://bostonist.com/2006/01/17/legislatures_proposed_seatbelt_law_more_safety_or_more_police_searches.php#comment-151777 Comments Fri, 20 Jan 2006 20:14:19 -0500 <p>Victimless crimes are one thing. Broken taillights, headlights, not wearing seatbelts, etc. can actually have victims. If a car's brakelights aren't working, that puts other drivers at risk. If a car's headlights are off or not working, that puts other drivers and pedestrians at risk. If you are in an accident and are not wearing seatbelts, we are all at risk: the general public because it is we who must often pay the costs of emergency medical services; the members of the families of the injured or dead in terms of both money and grief and future income, etc.</p> http://bostonist.com/2006/01/17/legislatures_proposed_seatbelt_law_more_safety_or_more_police_searches.php#comment-151759 http://bostonist.com/2006/01/17/legislatures_proposed_seatbelt_law_more_safety_or_more_police_searches.php#comment-151759 Comments Thu, 19 Jan 2006 06:29:50 -0500 <p>If you favor victimless crime laws in the name of "public safety," then you support (intentionally or not) giving the police the power to harass the innocent. Any attempt to straddle the line doesn't work.</p>