Sort of apt?
"
When New Seat Belt Laws Drew Fire as a Violation of Personal Freedom"
+1 for the History Channel doing a feature without mentioning aliens...
But I digress. this was a little before my time, but sounds oh so familiar:
When David Hollister introduced a seat belt bill in Michigan in the early 1980s that levied a fine for not buckling up, the state representative received hate mail comparing him to Hitler. At the time, only 14 percent of Americans regularly wore seat belts, even though the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) required lap and shoulder belts in all new cars starting in 1968.
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If I CAN'T smash my head open on my dashboard and suffer long term brain damage after a measly 35 MPH collision, without getting a ticket for not wearing my seatbelt, what good is the US Constitution?