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From: phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai)
Newsgroups: net.politics,net.legal
Subject: Re: Seat Belts
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Date: Tue, 30-Jul-85 00:49:22 EDT
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In article <145@batman.UUCP> gene@batman.UUCP (Gene Mutschler) writes:
>> 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?
>> -- 
>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.

I believe that if a seat belt user is involved in an accident, the selt
belt will stretch enough that investigators can easily tell the selt belt
has been through an accident.

I wouldn't expect any legislator to understand this, however.
-- 
 There are two kinds of people, those who lump people in groups and
 those who don't.

 Phil Ngai (408) 749-5720
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