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Don White Don White is offline
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Default Yet Another Tragic Case......


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On Dec 2, 11:25 am, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Sun, 2 Dec 2007 10:08:22 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:
If a law went into effect tomorrow that mandated helmets in every state,
by
how much would your current taxes, vehicle insurance and health
insurance
premiums be reduced by?


I agree with you on this - it wouldn't make a whit of difference.

My argument is that the same logic behind no helmet laws should also
be applied to seat belts - personal choice.

And the odd thing is that the "safety" statistics for seat belt use
being more safe than not is highly fabricated and, frankly, false.


Every wreck I have been in I have seen seatbelts keep folks in place,
in the vehicle and away from the windows.. As a wrecker driver for
many years, the only ejections I ever saw were folks with no belts
on...


I was thrown through the windshield of an ambulance in a 1979 highway crash.
Shortly after that, this province had a seatbelt law. Not sure if I can
take any credit.