Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ccice1.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!rochester!ritcv!ccice5!ccice1!bwm From: bwm@ccice1.UUCP (Bradford W. Miller) Newsgroups: net.legal Subject: Re: Seat Belts Message-ID: <356@ccice1.UUCP> Date: Wed, 7-Aug-85 20:23:22 EDT Article-I.D.: ccice1.356 Posted: Wed Aug 7 20:23:22 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 10-Aug-85 22:48:39 EDT References: <316@baylor.UUCP> <145@batman.UUCP> <2193@amdcad.UUCP> <1385@peora.UUCP> <1026@mhuxt.UUCP> <2104@iddic.UUCP> <795@burl.UUCP> Reply-To: bwm@ccice1.UUCP (Bradford W. Miller) Organization: CCI Central Engineering, Rochester, NY Lines: 14 In article <795@burl.UUCP> rcj@burl.UUCP (Curtis Jackson) writes: >CON seatbelt laws: the "Slippery Slide" (Thanks to Bob Edge for the name) > The point is this: some restrictions on personal freedom, while not > overly intrusive in themselves, establish a "slippery slide" toward > more intrusive restrictions on freedom. The classic example is > antipornography laws which have a tendency to "slide" into > restrictions on free speech which are unacceptable to those who place > a high value on civil liberties. The solution is simple. Not wearing seatbelts is tantamount to voluntary suicide. It isn't illegal, but if you get hurt, you can't collect a dime in MEDICAL damages (damages to your car are another story...). -- ..[cbrma, ccivax, ccicpg, rayssd, ritcv, rlgvax, rochester]!ccice5!ccice1!bwm