[benfranklin]

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I guess there is such a law then.

Seems to me that adults should responsible for wearing their own seatbelts (assuming the car-owner has kept them in working order).

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If there is such a law, then the law is a ass. (That's a literary reference, not bad grammar, for you non-readers [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]) Under such a law, many cars would never get out of the driveway until the police came to settle the argument.

This makes no more sense than charging him for murder if his wife smoked and died of lung cancer.

If it is a law, I'm surprised the legislators' wives let them pass it. There should be such laws concerning children, but adults, drivers and passengers, should be able to decide for themselves.

Instead of big-brother laws, we should have personal responsiblity and free-market incentives. I just made this up, so it may need some work: how about discounted insurance based on seatbelt use, with penalties or lower payout if you have an accident and aren't wearing one.