"Dave Hall" wrote in message
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I usually wear my belt too, but my wife finds it uncomfortable and
refuses to.

So, I guess she's prepared to be a Darwinian statistic, eh? Have you ever
done the driver ed class demo for her? At 10 mph, in a safe parking lot,
nail the brakes. I mean JUMP on the pedal. Stop the car instantly. You may
want to put two pillows on the dashboard first.

Any law that's enacted for the sole purpose of protecting ourselves from
ourselves is intrusive and unnecessary. If someone does not wear their
seatbelt, and they are in an accident, then it's on them if they get
hurt worse.

What about the children of people who are too stupid to wear them? Do you
agree with the law which allows cops to ticket parents whose kids aren't
belted?

I took a very interesting driving course a couple of years ago. Among other
things, it taught us how to get back in control of the car after we'd gone
from normal pavement and onto the grass median, a common occurrence in
highway accidents. Clue: Except during new construction, you have never seen
and will never see anyone with a lawn roller tidying up the median. It's
unbelievably bumpy after a few winters' worth of frost heaving.

The seatbelts are the only thing that keep you behind the wheel in such
instances. If you're on the median at 50+ mph and you're still driving,
you've probably avoided hitting other cars. You have a much better chance of
finishing the episode alive if you're behind the wheel snugly so you can
drive. Only an idiot would want to be bouncing around the car.