From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!npois!houxi!hou5d!hou5a!mat
Newsgroups: net.auto
Title: Re: seatbelts and freedom
Article-I.D.: hou5a.134
Posted: Fri Aug 20 15:16:53 1982
Received: Tue Sep 21 03:54:56 1982

Many cars are purchased 'off the lot' and the choice of factory options
is not available.  Dealers are not always willing to install options
at a realistic price, etc.
Further, wearing or not wearing seatbelts can affect the safety of OTHER
people on the road -- if you get into a hairy situation, say
swerving to avoid a car stalled just over a hill, or whatever, and then
have to swerve back into your own lane to avoid an accident, being firmly
strapped into your car can help you remain in control.  I wish that
everyone else on the road with me would wear the seatbelt.
Moral issue -- do parents who don't fasten their children into cars
with belts, car seats, etc deny them the protection that the
children deserve ( I am speaking of babies to pre-teens ).