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From: padpowell@wateng.UUCP (PAD Powell [Admin])
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Subject: Re: mandatory seatbelt laws
Message-ID: <670@wateng.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 22-Jan-84 15:32:12 EST
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Posted: Sun Jan 22 15:32:12 1984
Date-Received: Mon, 23-Jan-84 00:24:02 EST
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Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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Sorry, but up here in Canada, we are required to pay for your support in
case you do manage to cream yourself.  In which case, I advocate seat belts.

Secondly,  I favour the horrible things due to the amazing number of accidents
I have seen, and the results of autopsies.   I think that if cars were
invented and marketed today,  they would not pass basic safty tests and
legilative requirements.  Any increase in the very low saftey margin is better
than none.

Lastly,  YOU might hit ME, due to going out of control by a minor collision.
The seat belt restraint tends to keep the driver in place, and in control of
the wheel.  I  do not buy the argument that you have a fundamental right
to drive the way you do.  When you put my life at risk,  I reject the claim.

Patrick Powell
System Dictator Par Excellence Pro Tem