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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
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Posted: Thu Jun  7 14:21:56 1984
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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