“Give me liberty or give me death.” Patrick Henry’s famous cry may not mean so much anymore. In the 1970’s, the United States Government made the decision that automakers will be required to install safety belt systems in their vehicles. By the late 1970’s, the government had adopted a concept of two different types of seat belt laws. The primary version of these new laws enforce the law more strictly, allowing a policeman to stop a citizen just for not wearing a seat belt. The secondary version of the law allows a police officer to issue a citation for no seat belt if the officer has already stopped the motorist for other reasons. The newly formed laws were quickly adapted by the states, primarily because the federal government was offering
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They are proven to reduce risk of injury in an automobile accident under almost any circumstances or conditions. While most people believe wearing a seat belt can save lives, some Americans feel uncomfortable with seat belts, as research has shown that in some cases seat belts cause more harm than good. A safety belt only affects the single human being that is wearing the device or not. So does the government have the authority to force an American to do something that only affects the single person that wears the safety belt or …show more content…
Seat belt laws invade the fourth amendment by allowing the police to search and seizure a vehicle if the driver was stopped for simply not wearing a seat belt. The laws violate the fifth amendment by the same reasoning of the fourth, by allowing police to search and seizure property after the stop of a driver not wearing a safety belt. Seat belt laws violate the ninth amendment by not giving an American the right to choose. An American has the right to choose their job, choose which car they would wish to drive, but do not have the right to choose to wear their seat belt or not. Some Americans agree that seat belt laws invade the civil rights section of the fourteenth amendment, why is it acceptable that the United States government has the ability to establish a law that goes against what the country was founded
They are proven to reduce risk of injury in an automobile accident under almost any circumstances or conditions. While most people believe wearing a seat belt can save lives, some Americans feel uncomfortable with seat belts, as research has shown that in some cases seat belts cause more harm than good. A safety belt only affects the single human being that is wearing the device or not. So does the government have the authority to force an American to do something that only affects the single person that wears the safety belt or …show more content…
Seat belt laws invade the fourth amendment by allowing the police to search and seizure a vehicle if the driver was stopped for simply not wearing a seat belt. The laws violate the fifth amendment by the same reasoning of the fourth, by allowing police to search and seizure property after the stop of a driver not wearing a safety belt. Seat belt laws violate the ninth amendment by not giving an American the right to choose. An American has the right to choose their job, choose which car they would wish to drive, but do not have the right to choose to wear their seat belt or not. Some Americans agree that seat belt laws invade the civil rights section of the fourteenth amendment, why is it acceptable that the United States government has the ability to establish a law that goes against what the country was founded