I agree 100%... Were being shaped into nice little sheep more and more everyday! Not sure what the fine is were at, but here it's $380 first offense and almost $900 second offense. 100 first offense tickets that day would bring in $38 G's...Not bad for a days work. We'll nab them criminals later! And i'd like to add that although you prefer to wear your belt everytime, i prefer to have the choice of wearing it when i want to. That's my view of Freedom!

Gee...and I thought GA was bad $70 per hit for the clicket/ticket deal.

Konform.,
I only got used to wearing seat belts because I have a couple kids and it got me into the habit. I now like it because it gives me more stability when driving.
However, the point you made about generating money in fines is the crux of the matter. This "We're doing this for your own good" kind of law (such as prostitution and gambling) is totally bogus and just another attempt at entering our cars, trunks and personal lives. When they don't find anything they can still go to the the station house with thousands of dollars in fines paid for by people who can least afford it.
...and freedom is a lost word since our infamous "Patriot Act".
I am not a terrorist and feel my rights as a bona fide US citizen (whose family settled in this country in 1675) infringed upon in the name of the "War on Terror". How far are we going to let this go as "free" citizens of the United States before people rise up against these infringements of our "rights"? Now I gotta take my shoes off at the airport? Well I will be making a point of wearing the dirtiest skunk socks I can find for my next flight.
Watch for the civil war that is sure to happen under the current laws. There was a Revolutionary War fought in this country because of the same premises. There is no freedom of religion, there is no separation of church and state, and the taxation system is the worst in the world. We used to bitch about double taxation but now we're being taxed 10 times on the same dollar.
The next time I hear the word "freedom" preached by a politician I'm going to puke my guts out.

In my 50+ years I've seen our freedom slowly diminishing and it is quite sad. We fight for other countries freedoms while we lose our own. And on the lottery end of this, when I buy a MM ticket it says for the benefit of our stadium not our schools.

UGH!!!! That seat belt law is as bad as the cell phone law. If they're REALLY looking to stop accidents, they should outlaw radios in cars, since people being distracted with changing the radio settings causes more accidents than all other forms of distraction. The government should BUTT-OUT.

Todd, your comment "BUTT-OUT" brings to mind another distraction while driving...smoking. But the boys at the top are working on that one as well. You can't smoke in public places, you can't smoke within a certain distance from your emplyers front door, you can't smoke in an outdoor stadium, you can't smoke in a restaurant or bar and a new one they are pushing is that you can't smoke in a car with children in it (and the next one will be smoking in your home with children in it) I personally do not smoke in my house or car with any non-smoker in it out of respect, but when they make that a law they are pretty much allowing the police to freely enter your home to make sure the law is not being broken and forcing smokers into designated open fields in the countryside to grab a smoke. And then the final step will be prohibition of tobacco...so we can set up a whole new way for the bad guys to make money. BUTT-OUT of our business is right. It is not the government's concern to make laws that are for "our own benefit".
Like I said before, WE are not the bad guys....it's time to concentrate on the real bad guys who would like to annihilate our civilization in their quest for 70 virgins. Leave Granny and the rest of us alone.

while i don't like a lot of laws this country has put into effect in the last few years. This click it or ticket law is running a commercial on tv and radio. So apparently is is a state by state law now. The other night this law took 4 dwi's and 3 drugs and a couple wanted fellons off the streets here in maryland, just in one part of town. So while you might think it's taking away from crime and grime it actually captures all sorts of offenders in the process.
I never liked wearing seat belts, then they made the law that said kids had to be buckled up so in order to get them to keep the belts on and stay seated i started wearing them. Now i buckle up every time i get in the vehicle.

its all about how much money they can bring in for the offenses,bottom line its all about the money.if they couldn't make a fine out of it they could care less if you had a seat belt out on.