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From: woods@hao.UUCP (Greg Woods)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: But at what cost...
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Date: Wed, 25-Sep-85 15:01:56 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 25 15:01:56 1985
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> > If an idiot
> > really wants to drive around without belts (i.e., has suicidal tendencies),
> > its his/her business, and no one else's.
> > John Allred
> 
> No, it is EVERYONE'S business!  We ALL pay for the maiming and death in
> increased health care and insurance costs.

  This is true, but it is a simplistic view. Looking at it in purely monetary
terms, the decreased insurance cost (most of which would be pocketed by the
insurance companies anyway, probably) would be offset by the increased cost
of new cars and increased cost of law enforcement. There's enough red tape
ALREADY involved in owning and driving a car, please let's not have any 
more. You cannot protect idiots from themselves, and you can only partially
protect "normal" people from the idiots.

--Greg
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