[RedDevil]

People make bad choices.
They have the tendency to ignore what they don't like to think about.

So they don't take a fire insurance on their house, or medicare.
Or safety features in their car.
They are happy to buy lottery tickets though...

Of course their chance of ever becoming a lottery millionaire is much smaller than getting their house burnt down, an expensive medical condition or a crippling car crash.

It is their right to make those choices you say. Even if many get devastated by it.
Anything better that that big bad government protecting them from doing that... right?

Well you voted that government to power.
Their protectionism is the direct result of your actions in the voting booth.
Don't blame them - you are responsible for your choices in the elections.

See?
If the government is bad the majoirity of voters made a bad choice.
And if it isn't, why fight them when they are trying to help you?

By making safety equipment mandatory they also make it cheaper, as it gets produced in greater numbers and installed as standard.
Free choice on this makes it more expensive, putting it out of reach of those who want it.
This therefore goes beyond individual responsibility.
Therefore the government jumps in.
Because you asked them to do so with your vote.