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From: agk@ihuxq.UUCP
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Subject: Re: mandatory seatbelt laws
Message-ID: <524@ihuxq.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 23-Jan-84 12:02:42 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 23 12:02:42 1984
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Your wearing or not wearing a seatbelt is not simply your business.  A driver
belted into place is more likely to regain control of a car than one who is
bouncing about the passenger compartment or a driver who is thrown clear of
the car.  A driver who can regain control of a car is less likely to hit,
injure, or kill me.  Therefore, I want every driver to wear a seatbelt to
protect me.  I also want other bodies in the car to be kept out of the driver's
way, so perhaps others in the car should be required to ride in the trunk or
wear seatbelts.

Airbags are something that I tried to buy for my new car, but I would not
require you to buy them.  Like helmets for motorcyclists, they should be
optional as they protect you, not me.  Continuing that thought, I believe
that hospitals should be allowed to deny services to those who do not protect
themselves, and insurance companies should be allowed to deny coverage (at
any cost).  Why should a nurse or doctor be required to scrape that hash off
the street and put it back in your skull?  Why should I have to pay for your
stupidity through my insurance pool?

(I fully expect huge amounts of flaming as a result of this.  If I had any
sense, I would stop this right now.)

	-andy kegel