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From: leichter@yale-com.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: safe drivers and annual tests
Message-ID: <1679@yale-com.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 27-Jun-83 15:45:02 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 27 15:45:02 1983
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Quote:  "These buggers [airbags] are practically perfect....  Maybe we
should al flame at our Congressmen [presumably, to make them mandatory]."

Airbags cost a lot of money - well over a $150 or so apiece.  Replacing
them if they get triggered costs a lot of money.  I ALWAYS wear my seat-belt
and ask others in the car with me to do the same.  I DON'T WANT TO PAY ALL
THAT EXTRA MONEY FOR A SYSTEM I DON'T NEED.  Why are you making me pay for
a system needed by others who REFUSE to be reasonable?

As far as I'm concerned, I think anyone injured in an auto accident who
was not wearing a seat belt, who cannot show that the injury would not have
been prevented by such a belt - and we have TONS of statistics on this - should
be ineligible for insurance money or any government assistance.  You want to
be stupid, go ahead - don't expect me to pay you for it, either through
higher insurance rates or through my taxes.  (Presumably insurance companies
could offer "no seatbelt" rates to people willing to pay them.)

BTW, I don't support the "automatic" belts either.  They get in your way
when you want to move stuff in and out of the car and are a pain when you
have to get in on the wrong side because some idiot parked to close to you
for you to be able to open the door.  Regular belts are just fine as safety
measures; the problems are with PEOPLE, and the solutions should act on
the people.
						-- Jerry
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