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From: mcburnet@topaz.ARPA (Roe McBurnett mcburnet@topaz.uucp)
Newsgroups: net.auto,net.flame,net.kids,net.singles
Subject: Re: Seat belts
Message-ID: <1679@topaz.ARPA>
Date: Fri, 19-Apr-85 08:31:19 EST
Article-I.D.: topaz.1679
Posted: Fri Apr 19 08:31:19 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 20-Apr-85 06:09:13 EST
References: <429@gargoyle.UChicago.UUCP> <335@calmasd.UUCP>
Reply-To: mcburnet@topaz.UUCP (Mcburnet)
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
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Keywords: seat belts
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Summary: wearing seatbelts is less expensive for all of us

In article <335@calmasd.UUCP> gail@calmasd.UUCP (Gail B. Hanrahan) writes:
>	...But if I don't wear a seat belt, I'm not endangering
>anyone but myself. 
>
>The REAL issue is, should the government(s) be making laws
>*requiring* people to wear seat belts just because it's "for
>your own good"? 
>Where do we draw the line?
>Gail Bayley Hanrahan

The *REAL* issue is should governments be making laws that benifit the
governed.  wearing seatbelts will lower medical/insurance costs and
reduce the pain and suffering of those you might leave behind.  A seatbelt
law benifits everyone so it's not "for your own good"

Roe McBurnett

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