Alright as someone not that far out of highschool, my school, Hamilton Southeastern Highschool and the three other schools in the area, Carmel, Noblesville, and Hamilton Heights, as a whole loose numerous students every year the bulk, over 18. We usually loose about 1-3 students a year from HSE alone. Granted most of them are the completely retarded and lack any and all common sense but I've been in a couple accidents, it's not only the teenagers but the bulk of the poeple in my area that can't drive. When we have little people in H2's H3's that are barely seeing over the wheel, the people who read while driving the mini-vans (tangible evidence of evil), I don't know how many of you have had to take a day off in highschool to go to the funeral of a classmate... Granted there are uually other contributing factors (crappy music too loud, booze, and the ADD every kid seems to suffer from). But still I lost a friend of mine she was 18 and 3 days old, wasn't wearing a seatbelt, brakes went out, over corrected, spin out hit a tree and was flung through the windsheild. As for personal preference, seriously what's the big deal? About the biggest obsticle the seatbelt has ever posed to me is hindering makeout sessions and movment to the backseat, soloution, one click it's off. If you notice most vehicles these days have some pretty good options for adjustment that come as standard safety features. Hell my crappy ass Durango as it turns out has adjustable shoulder height on the dang thing so we can fit a mudget on up to someone about 6'6" .
I don't mean to attack anyone's personal views on this law, I'm simply voicing an opinion and sharing soem of the things I've picked up on.