Speaking as one who has had occasion to use many of the safety-mandated devices, which in many cases I would have not voluntarily employed on my own, I think me and several others owe our very lives to the fact that those rules were in place. Nobody complains that those rules were in place after they have wrecked their car.
I don't have an issue with the safety equipment required. In fact, I was planning on using a Lakewood bellhousing even though I don't have to. My big complaint is they arbitrarily lowered the index by .3 seconds.
