Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site burl.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!prls!amdimage!amdcad!amd!vecpyr!lll-crg!gymble!umcp-cs!seismo!harvard!think!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!harpo!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!mhuxt!mhuxr!ulysses!burl!rcj From: rcj@burl.UUCP (Curtis Jackson) Newsgroups: net.auto,net.legal Subject: Re: Seatbelts for passengers Message-ID: <806@burl.UUCP> Date: Wed, 14-Aug-85 20:31:41 EDT Article-I.D.: burl.806 Posted: Wed Aug 14 20:31:41 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 20-Aug-85 02:41:24 EDT References: <535@brl-tgr.ARPA> Reply-To: rcj@burl.UUCP (Curtis Jackson) Distribution: net Organization: AT&T Technologies, Burlington NC Lines: 25 Xref: linus net.auto:6657 net.legal:1729 In article <535@brl-tgr.ARPA> wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) writes: >Most state mandatory-seatbelt laws I have heard of require that both the >driver and the *front-seat* passenger(s) be belted in. We have seen lots >of net postings detailing the arguments as to why the drivers should be >belted, mostly related to controlling the car in various circumstances. >But I have not read any good explanation for requiring it of the >passenger(s) -- if it relates to an unbelted passenger flying about the >car during an accident, and this making it harder for an even-belted-in >driver to control the car, it should apply to ALL passengers, not just >those in the front seat (I would think that the rear-seat bodies, coming >at the back of the driver's head, would contribute more to loss of >control than the side-collisions from an unbelted front-seat passenger, >actually). I agree that it is ludicrous; unfortunately the trend in legislation lately seems to be to extend ridiculous laws rather than repeal them. If you ask a legislator, "Why can't I make a U-turn at this intersection; I can make one at this identical intersection?"; his response is likely to be a law outlawing all U-turns within city limits rather than repealing the ban on the one in question. -- The MAD Programmer -- 919-228-3313 (Cornet 291) alias: Curtis Jackson ...![ ihnp4 ulysses cbosgd mgnetp ]!burl!rcj ...![ ihnp4 cbosgd akgua masscomp ]!clyde!rcj