I have to agree. I think seat belts are a good idea whether the government tells me to wear them or not. Your single lap seat belt is no where near as safe as a car with three point belts and airbags? Do people get hurt by airbags? Sure, but not as many as get saved by them.
I also like my anti-lock brakes. I saw a guy in a classic Mustang plow into the rear of a SUV because she stopped short and he couldn't. Was he at fault, no but his car was not equal to hers. The guy behind him didn't plow into his rear end either? He got the ticket and his car ruined.
Lastly, I was driving rear wheel drive Mopars in the snow forty years ago. There is no way you can go anywhere that a modern front wheel drive with traction control can go. I remember the days when people would line up at the bottom of our hill taking turns trying to get out of neighborhood. Modern cars just laugh at that hill now.