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From: shp@crystal.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Seat belts
Message-ID: <447@crystal.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 23-Apr-85 15:42:30 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr 23 15:42:30 1985
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> 
> The real point, I feel, is not being addressed here.  Regardless
> of whether or not the government should be passing a law infringing
> on personal rights, does it make any sense for the government
> to pass questionable laws THAT MOST LIKELY WILL RESULT IN LITTLE OR
> NO CHANGE?  An idiot who refuses to wear a belt is not going to
> start just because there's a CHANCE some day he may be stopped for
> SOME OTHER OFFENSE and be fined $20.
> 
	. . .
> 			Scott J. Berry
> 			...!homxb!disc

	Hmmm.....true, true, but....Last I heard, some(?) of the proposed
    seatbelt laws included the proviso that if you weren't wearing your
    seatbelt when you hit that tree, your insurance company is off the hook.
    Granted, county tax dollars are still spent for peeling you off the
    pavement, but my insurance rates aren't going to go up to pay for your
    funeral.

	=shp