Originally Posted by
MIT_SBM
- The usual scope creep of "safety" programs. Remember at one time seatbelts [in cars] were available but not talked about much. Then there was encouragement/peer pressure to use them. Now in many places it is the law to use them or be fined.
I recall when the seat belt law was passed in Texas and we were "promised" that no one would be stopped just for a seat belt infraction; a ticket would be issued only in conjunction with a stop for another matter. Didn't take too long for that promise to go by the wayside.