knutson@ut-ngp.UUCP (Jim Knutson) (02/14/84)
There definitely are people who think that it is better not to wear
seatbelts than to wear them. My mother in law, for one, believes this.
Of course she grew up without seatbelts and has never been in an accident
or had a close friend in one that was bad enough to change her mind.
One of these days, she'll learn too late, although I do my best to keep
the seatbelts unbuckled that she buckles behind the seat.
--
Jim Knutson
ARPA: knutson@ut-ngp
UUCP: {ihnp4,seismo,kpno,ctvax}!ut-sally!ut-ngp!knutsonsew@minn-ua.UUCP (02/17/84)
#R:hpfclg:1474967196:minn-ua:3100003:000:549 minn-ua!sew Feb 16 09:51:00 1984 Perhaps I can get in the last word on seatbelts. Mandatory child restraint (in cars, that is. not to be confused with leash laws) laws seem to be getting increasingly popular. I assume that most parents will get a "car seat" for their child and use it (say, this is a great topic..who's going to argue against me and motherhood?). Thus, the children will grow up being buckled in. Let's see what the seatbelt usage statistics are in 20 years. From the analogue digits of: ...ihnp4!umn-cs!mecc-ua!sew Scot E. Wilcoxon, MECC Technical Services.
micci@nvuxg.UUCP (D M Dennee) (01/03/86)
> To make it short, ONLY THOSE WHO FLUNKED IN physics AND statistics > WOULD REFUSE TO BUCKLE UP IN THE CAR. > > It's true again that the U.S. Constitution allows you to keep your > right to remain ignorant. And people are just as ignorant if they have only one drink and get behind the wheel. They're also ignorant if they don't wear sunglasses on a day when glare can easily cause an accident...and so on... Actually, I DO where my seatbelt 95% of the time, despite the fact that it makes it a pain in the ass to reach my glove box that contains my toll money for the Parkway--or makes it nearly impossible to get anything out of my pocket. So. Let it be my choice. If I want to be ignorant 5% of the time, that's my problem. And if having to wear seatbelts lowers our insurance rates, how come New Jersey still has unreasonably high insurance rates? When I see the premiums come down a bit, maybe I'll be a bit (but not much) more convinced about the validity of having to be told what to do. Maybe I wont quite mind as much that we're being treated like we have no minds. --Micci
btl@mtunf.UUCP (Bernie Lee) (01/06/86)
> > To make it short, ONLY THOSE WHO FLUNKED IN physics AND statistics > > WOULD REFUSE TO BUCKLE UP IN THE CAR. > > > > It's true again that the U.S. Constitution allows you to keep your > > right to remain ignorant. > > And people are just as ignorant if they have only one drink and get > behind the wheel. They're also ignorant if they don't wear sunglasses > on a day when glare can easily cause an accident...and so on... > Actually, I DO where my seatbelt 95% of the time, despite the fact > that it makes it a pain in the ass to reach my glove box that contains > my toll money for the Parkway--or makes it nearly impossible to get > anything out of my pocket. So. Let it be my choice. If I want to > be ignorant 5% of the time, that's my problem. And if having to wear > seatbelts lowers our insurance rates, how come New Jersey still has > unreasonably high insurance rates? When I see the premiums come down > a bit, maybe I'll be a bit (but not much) more convinced about the > validity of having to be told what to do. Maybe I wont quite mind > as much that we're being treated like we have no minds. > > --Micci *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** You can do anything you want, but, you play you pay.