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From: joel@peora.UUCP (Joel Upchurch)
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Subject: Re: Seat Belts
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Date: Tue, 30-Jul-85 10:58:48 EDT
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>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.

        I'm not to sure about that,  but  wouldn't  the  injuries  the
        person  wearing  the  seatbelt be identifibly different from a
        person who was  not  wearing  a  seatbelt?  In  a  high  speed
        collision I would think a person wearing a seatbelt would have
        bruises across the waist and  chest  where  the  straps  were.
        Also  a  person  wearing  a seatbelt would be unlikely to have
        suffered head injuries.

        Overall the idea of not paying off accident victim who weren't
        wearing  seatbelts  doesn't  strike  me as very practical.  It
        would be nice if people who  wore  their  seatbelts  regularly
        could  get  lower  rates, but I don't have a glimmer about how
        the insurance company could verify it.