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From: dca@edison.UUCP (David C. Albrecht)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: More on Seatbelts
Message-ID: <465@edison.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 19-Apr-85 10:26:54 EST
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Posted: Fri Apr 19 10:26:54 1985
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Organization: General Electric Company, Charlottesville, VA
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> >From tektronix!decvax!decwrl!qubix!wjvax!jeff Thu Apr 11 19:37:08 1985
> >
> >How about taking that fine for not having infant seats in the car
> >and giving the offender a seat...or better yet, make it a fix it
> >ticket where the offender has to show an infant seat installed in
> >the car along with a receipt for the seat (wouldn't want them to
> >borrow a neighbors seat for the day, now would we?).  Second 
> >citation would mandate a much stiffer penalty and no fix it clause.
> 
> Now this makes sense as a progressive, rather than regressive way of
> dealing with reluctant or irresponsible adults.  Nevermind that it doesn't
> help when the fine is issued AFTER an accident wherein the child is killed.

Good idea but it does bring up the issue of what are we going to do
with all the children that are saved from being killed in auto accidents
because of mandatory seat belts when their parents are killed because
they are too stupid to wear them.  I would use a :-) but there is
unfortunately nothing humorous about it.

David Albrecht
General Electric