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From: west@utcsri.UUCP (Thomas L. West)
Newsgroups: net.auto,net.flame,net.kids,net.singles
Subject: Re: Seat belts
Message-ID: <1040@utcsri.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 21-Apr-85 13:42:52 EST
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Posted: Sun Apr 21 13:42:52 1985
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Reply-To: west@utcsri.UUCP (Thomas L. West)
Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto
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Summary: 

Gail B. Hanrahan writes:
>I think it's pretty well established that it's smart to wear a
>seat belt.  But if I don't wear a seat belt, I'm not endangering
>anyone but myself. 

  Wrong.  If you hit something and the car still continues moving, then
the chances that you retain control and don't go swerving into the opposite
lane or such-like activity are greatly reduced if you are wearing a seatbelt.
  As well, getting killed or worse is really expensive to the rest of us.  We
have to try to patch up after the person (and if you have a medi-care system,
we *all* pay for the person's stupidity.)

    Tom West                        "Some men think..., and some don't"
                                               -A. Regard
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