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Seat belts = attempt to control;

Seat belts = attempt by Gov't to increase revenue;

Hmm...

NO Seatbelts = increase in severe injuries, often to people under-insured or not insured whose costs are passed on to insured motorists and the taxpayers;

NO Seatbelts = increase in demand on trauma centers already spread thin resulting in decreased level and/or qulaity of care for all including non-driver injuries, increased costs passed on to insured patients and the taxpayers;

Just because there is a law or regulation, it isn't always "Big Brother" out to getcha'. I only gave two examples of the need to get as many people as possible to use safety belts and helmets. I also agree that it should not be necessary to legislate adult behavior; however, when there is a decided lack of adult resposibility, there is a need to indemnify, as much as possible, those who do act responsibly from those who do not. You wanna ride your cycle without a helmet, by all means go ahead, but don't expect the rest of us to pay for your rehab or burial costs because you choose to do so and don't expect an insurance compny to cover your stupidity, either. Same applies to drivers and passengers in cars without seatbelts. Think of the traffic ticket in the same light as Bill Engvall's routine about stupidity; the ticket is really just your "Stupid Sign":





I see no reason for the rest of us to pay for the stupidity of the few. If you want to be stupid. then prepare to ante up to cover your costs...

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