Safety vs Freedom: Should Adults be Forced to Wear Seatbelts?

[Furunculus]

if we ignore the fact that seat-belts save other passengers life from the crash imparted velocity of your own body then no, we should not force adults of legally sound mind to wear seat-belts.

do you see how many caveats there are here?

seat-belts (at least rear facing ones) do save the lives of front seat passengers.
> not about individual freedom, it's about collective responsibility.
children are not deemed legally responsible to make life-altering decisions independently.
> not about individual freedom, it's about collective responsibility.

given the above, the law should mandate the wearing of seat-belts in cars, otherwise you end up in the stupid position of creating legal wrangles such as specifying that seat-belts may not be worn by front-seat passengers............ but only of they are adults of legally sound mind.
people gifted with common sense realise that laws should be kept simple and to a minimum, otherwise they are circumvented and treated with derision, which goes against the express purpose of drafting a binding law on society.
only fools who believe it is justified to perversely push people against their human nature if it serves a greater social-engineering good believe that ever more complex laws can ever more perfectly recreate the human race.