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From: jj@alice.UUCP
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Subject: personal responsibilty and seatbelts?
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Date: Thu, 23-Jan-86 16:52:11 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 23 16:52:11 1986
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> From allegra!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!whuxl!whuxlm!akgua!rjb Wed Dec 31 19:00:00 1969
> ...
> How about seat belt user car insurance rates and non-user rates ?
> Non-users would have a higher premium and in the case of liars
> (those who claim to wear the belt but don't) I think we can determine
> most of the time after the wreck who did and didn't.  The liars would
> be penalized (by an appropriate clause in their policy) so as not
> to receive full benefits.
> 
> There are non-drinkers and non-smokers life insurance rates, why can't
>  we make this valid discrimination about the use of safety equipment
> and keep the Federales out of this one altogether ?
> 
> Idealistically yours
> 
> Bob Brown {...ihnp4!akgua!rjb}
> 
> 
Precisely.  That's what I mean by taking responsibility for one's
own actions.  I actually think that insurance companies should
be not liable for injuries caused by non-wearing of seatbelts
under normal conditions, and thats all there is to it. I also
would argue that the seatbelt non-wearer should be single-handedly
responsible for projection injuries, etc.


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