Buckle Up

I just saw a rather disturbing "Click-It Or Ticket" commercial from the state of Georgia.  The cops are going to hunt me down, scare the bejeezus out of me and write me a ticket for daring to forget to put on my seat belt.  That was the gist I got.

But because they do this out of concern for me and my safety, I shouldn't be bothered by it.  It's okay that the police set up roadblocks to check for drivers not wearing their seat belts.  That's neither absurd nor a blatant affront to liberty -- because they care about me and they're doing it for my own good.  And it's not about revenue -- I know because the Click-It Or Ticket website (yes, it exists) tells me so:

“The worry of getting a traffic ticket is sometimes the only motivation for some drivers to fasten their safetybelt,” says GOHS Director Dallas.

Basically, Director Dallas is admitting that they had to threaten armed robbery to get people to buckle up.  So, it's our fault really.  Sure.