Originally Posted by
iris lilies
There are beaucoup exceptions. Perhaps you’re not capable of googling them? In case you’re not, here are some:
Everyone in the car must wear seatbelts,
...except for everyone behind the front seats (in my state.) In our station wagon that would’ve been 3/4 of people in the car not required to wear seatbelts
... except if you are driving on your own private land
...unless you have one of any of a dozen physical/health reasons that earns you an exemption ( Iowa law) I assume similar across all states)
to name a few exceptions
The overarching idea is that seatbelts are good and save lives/ prevent injuries, but individual exceptions, degree of penalty, and enforcement are left up to individual states. Just like now with coronavirus where the overarching idea is that precautions save lives and prevent long-term health problems, but individual states and locales determine what is appropriate, severity restrictions, and how enforcement is carried out.
Our local cops can’t even keep half of the lawbreakers around here from breaking obvious dangerous laws so I have no idea how they’re going to enforce coronavirus penalties. Well I do have an idea – they are not going to do it even if old Joe and Kamila deem it necessary.
Do you really think Congress and Joe will push through a federal law About coronavirus precautions and penalties so that everything is exactly the same in every jurisdiction?