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How ironic . . .
It is very sad to see a young guy die in such a senseless manner. I wonder how his parents feel about about seatbelts.
http://www.snopes.com/autos/accident/seatbelt.asp what holding you back Mike
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This is a case of cutting off your own safety to spite the law....I don't wear a seatbelt because the law tells me to, I do it for my own safety....conversley if the law said not to wear a seat belt, I would be the first to break that law....just so the government would have to take care of me in my old age....make em pay...yeah!
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The kid may or may not have been spared by wearing a seat belt. In any case, his cause is a worthy one -- who has the authority to instruct us in our personal decisions? I resent being pulled over by cops for not wearing a seat belt. It is a scandalous waste of constabulary resources. Also, I have a different story: a friend of my family whose car was crushed between two semis on a highway pass in Washington state survived only because he was not wearing a seat belt; he was thrown clear. His wife, who was wearing a belt, was killed instantly. All life is anecdotal.
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There are, of course, some cases where it is safer to not be wearing a seatbelt, but since it is impossible to know what they are, or to anticipate them in advance it is statistically much safer to wear one.
DOT estimates that the current 80% rate of seatbelt useage saves 15,200 lives and $50 billion in economic costs associated with traffic related crashes, injuries, and deaths per year. Personally I don't lie awake at night worrying about this particular loss of personal freedom. |
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