swd@hou2b.UUCP (S.DESSAUER) (01/27/84)
Dale I think you hit the nail on the head. It clearly is the choice of the people involved but when every one suffers then that person involved is not thinking of anyone but himself. My wife was a occasional seat belt user but after joining the life squad she is a ful-time seat belt user now. She has seen many minor accidents cause major injuries because seat belts were not used. This is a could have been prevented cost to the tax payer and definitely increases our insurance cost. I am not for another law but maybe just void the insurance of the person injured in a accindent because they were not using their seat belt or helmet. SWD
richard@sequent.UUCP (02/04/84)
I've been a believer in belts since I was in an accident in high school. The driver was killed, not wearing a belt, although I escaped with nary a scratch - I wasn't wearing one either. But when I looked across at my late friend, I went into shock and stayed that way until I was brought to the hospital. A year ago, I was following a large station wagon - headlights on (during the day) and seatbelt on - when it started a U-turn from the far right hand lane of a four lane blvd. I wasn't in her blind spot, so she must not have been paying attention. When she was perpendicular to the road, I saw her notice me, opened her mouth in an "o" and *stopped.* I slammed into the left of her front axle, so she was okay, and so was I. But my glasses had flown off and broken the windshield. I rest my case. from the confused and bleeding fingertips of ...!sequent!richard