Or just maybe, just maybe, it's to encourage people to wear their loving seat belts?
I mean, alternatively they could take away your license for a few weeks every time you're caught without your seat belt on.
When was it the governments responsibility to be a Big Brother?  When did they care about me, why should they?
Too protect people from being stupid?  When was that generating money, I care for myself, my liberties are being restricted, and that is it.  I understand what you are trying to say, I honestly do, I care for people and my well-being, but this could lead to many other restrictions.  Listen, I'm Conservative, and from experience and observation, you attack fiercely because we all have different ideologies.