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From: 2141smh@rduxb.UUCP (henning)
Newsgroups: net.legal
Subject: Re: Alternative to seatbelt law
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Date: Fri, 3-May-85 23:16:19 EDT
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Posted: Fri May  3 23:16:19 1985
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> > if you have this type of insurance and you are injured while not
> > wearing your seatbelts, then the insurance firm is off the hook
> > wrt medical/death payments and you cannot sue for damages.
> > Thus, we have preserved freedom of choice while at the same time
> > making people responsible for their own actions.

Step 2: Not only is their own insurance off the hook, but everyone
elses insurance company must be off the hook for the negligence of
anyone who is injured while not belted up.  My insurance company
should not be required to pay any claim from the "unbelted injured"
unless they bought unusual risk coverage for such cases.