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You shouldn't get a ticket for not wearing a seatbelt.
I used to think that too until a friend pointed out to me that I might bog down the healthcare system with injuries that could have been easily avoided if I had.
On the one hand, it's a victimless crime, at least roughly. On the other, people have been shown incapable of making the obvious correct decision on their own.