Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83 v7 ucbtopaz-1.8; site ucbtopaz.CC.Berkeley.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!ucbvax!ucbtopaz!mwm From: mwm@ucbtopaz.CC.Berkeley.ARPA Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Seat-belt laws: It's not an issue of freedom Message-ID: <734@ucbtopaz.CC.Berkeley.ARPA> Date: Sun, 17-Feb-85 00:24:12 EST Article-I.D.: ucbtopaz.734 Posted: Sun Feb 17 00:24:12 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 18-Feb-85 05:18:20 EST References: <321@gargoyle.UChicago.UUCP> <630@unmvax.UUCP> <309@mhuxm.UUCP> <742@erix.UUCP> Reply-To: mwm@ucbtopaz.UUCP (Praiser of Bob) Organization: Missionaria Phonibalonica Lines: 11 Summary: In article <742@erix.UUCP> mike@erix.UUCP (Mike Williams) writes: >Why do we have laws about on which side of the road we should drive? >Shouldn't we have the freedom to decide for ourselves ?:-) Yes. Of course, driving on the wrong side of the road will make your insurance premiums *VERY* high (cost of car/month, or greater!), and being on the wrong side of the road otherwise will void your insurance. And it's (usually) easy to find out if you were on the wrong side of the road after an accident! :-)