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From: gene@batman.UUCP (Gene Mutschler)
Newsgroups: net.politics,net.legal
Subject: Re: Seat Belts
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Date: Fri, 26-Jul-85 18:36:58 EDT
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> An alternate solution to heavy seat-belt laws:
> 
> Insurance companies stop paying for injuries that would have been prevented
> by wearing a seatbelt. 
> 
> Any legal objections? Anybody out there with the pull to support this?
> -- 
> 	Peter da Silva (the mad Australian)
> 		UUCP: ...!shell!neuro1!{hyd-ptd,baylor,datafac}!peter

When Texas was considering its recently enacted seat-belt law, this very
thing was proposed as an alternative.  It got shot down primarily by
practical considerations--If a non-seat belt user was in an accident, it
was pointed out, all they had to do (assuming they were conscious),
was to quickly buckle up their belts before the dust settled.

Obviously this argument has a few holes, but nobody ever lost money
betting on the lack of intellectual quality of Texas legislators..(-: :-)
-- 
Gene Mutschler             {ihnp4 seismo ctvax}!ut-sally!batman!gene
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