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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
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Posted: Wed Jun 13 17:31:28 1984
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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.