Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site wateng.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!wateng!rsanderson From: rsanderson@wateng.UUCP (Roger Sanderson P.Eng.) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: manditory seatbelt laws ??? Message-ID: <1076@wateng.UUCP> Date: Thu, 7-Jun-84 14:21:56 EDT Article-I.D.: wateng.1076 Posted: Thu Jun 7 14:21:56 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 8-Jun-84 01:42:09 EDT References: <256@houem.UUCP> <2631@watcgl.UUCP>, <247@ihu1h.UUCP> Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 23 It was mentioned that seat belts only protect the wearer and thus are not the same as drunk driving laws. What about the people who go out of control because they were not firmly "attached" to the vehicle (ie buckled in)? I am not sure this is a common occurance but even a few times would make it a problem. I certainly would not like to get hit by someone who fell out from behind his steering wheel, when he in turn was hit or did some other quick manuver. I personally wear my seatbelt at all times and feel "funny" when I dont have one on. (ie in an old car or the centre of the rear seat of a compact. ) As far as enforcement I believe in Ontario ( which has a manditory law) that the Police will charge a person if he is found not to be wearing a seatbelt while being investigated for another offence. Also sometimes they will pull a person over if they cannot see the shoulder belt. Roger Sanderson U. of Waterloo