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In article <3699c8d4.1330441@news.pipeline.com>,
Walt Horning <whorning@pipeline.com> wrote:
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}Not good enough. I am certainly against too much government
}regulation. However, the lack of wearing a belt can kill others in the
}same car or other vehicles. Why? Because if a driver is killed or even
}just knocked unconscious on impact, if the vehicle is still driveable,
}that driver will not be in control. A driver having suffered an impact
}and still conscious and still has adriveable vehicle, may bring it
}under control to prevent further death.

This argument is grasping at straws.

}Also, since seatbelts reduce death and injuries, they reduce insurance
}costs, more than the cost of seatbelts. Thus its in the "common good"
}that we all wear belts.

Insurance costs are between me and my insurance company.  I'm sure
they'd much prefer it if I didn't do all sorts of things that risk my
safety; too bad, as I'm not paying them to run my life, just assume
some of my financial risk.

-- 
Matthew T. Russotto                                russotto@pond.com
"Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, and moderation in pursuit
of justice is no virtue."