> A seatbelt law? You tilting at windmills again. There comes > a time when you have to grow up, act like an adult, and put > on a seatbelt.
There's a principle involved here. That law is forcing me to do something I don't want to do for no other reason than to protect myself. I've driven way over a million miles in my lifetime and even had my share of accidents, but never once would a seat belt have made any difference whatsoever. Now, to be sure, there are times when I feel it's useful, but I want to make that decision. As a rule, though, I find the belt itself uncomfortable. It has a nasty way of tightening up to make it even more uncomfortable, so for the most part I don't put it on. That makes me feel like a turkey in a turkey shoot. Now I have to watch out for police when I didn't before. Think about the legal part. Now that a law exists for no other purpose than to force me to protect myself, how long before another one, now that we've accepted the premise? I wouldn't list all the things we do that are dangerous to ourselves to make the point (<cough> "motorcyle") What really happened here is a squeeze play by the insurance industry, who will squeeze until it hurts, then back off, then come back and squeeze again. That's how insurance works. They should spend their efforts going after fraud and leave the rest of us alone. Bill _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
