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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
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Posted: Wed Aug  7 20:23:22 1985
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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...).
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