Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site pertec.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!houxm!houxz!vax135!floyd!harpo!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!trwrb!scgvaxd!pertec!kitten From: kitten@pertec.UUCP Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: manditory seatbelt laws ??? Message-ID: <146@pertec.UUCP> Date: Wed, 13-Jun-84 17:31:28 EDT Article-I.D.: pertec.146 Posted: Wed Jun 13 17:31:28 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 15-Jun-84 01:41:20 EDT References: <179@aluxe.UUCP> Organization: Pertec Computer Corp., Irvine, CA Lines: 21 I have to agree not wearing a seatbelt is contributary negligence, and I am not pleased when I have to pay for other's suffering and deaths that could've been prevented. In November '82 I was in a broadside accident. If I hadn't been belted up, I would've had my head through the windshield and steering wheel in my abdomin. If it weren't for the fact that FORD low bucket seat headrests don't stay up, I would've been uninjured...as it was, I suffered from a nasty case of whiplash (yes, it happens in real life!). Just this week two Orange County residents died in separate accidents, both were thrown from the car. The first woman was thrown out when her boyfriend lost control on the freeway and it rolled. While he was trying to direct traffic, someone ran over her. She was only 18. In the second accident, a woman driving went off the road into a ditch and was thrown from the car. She died from internal injuries. It's not just money, it's human suffering. Just think of this: if someday you are in an accident, and the other guy dies because he wasn't wearing his seatbelts, is that going to make you feel any better? Think about it.