California Seat Belt Law

Now that Big Brother has decided that I must wear a seat belt when I ride in a car, how long will it take before I have to wear an inner tube when I swim in my pool, a safety harness when I climb a ladder, and shoes with steel-reinforced toecaps when I carry out the garbage?

How come Big Brother hasn’t outlawed cigarettes, which cause a lot more deaths than not wearing seat belts?

G.R. TURGEON

Los Angeles