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From: blesch@whuxj.UUCP (Carl Blesch)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Denying insurance coverage.
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Date: Thu, 2-Feb-84 10:17:45 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb  2 10:17:45 1984
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In theory, it's a great idea to reduce or deny insurance
benefits to those who don't wear seatbelts.
BUT -- I can't count the number of times I, a faithful
seatbelt wearer, have climbed into a friend's car or
even into a commercial car (e.g. the airline limo)
and found that the belts have irretrievably vanished behind the
seat cushion, or they have been intentionally disabled.
I remember one person who fully pulled the belt out of the
retractor and tied it into an almost infinite number of
knots so that it would never retract, and therefore never
cause the reminder buzzer to buzz!

So, yes, there are times when seatbelt wearers may
not be able to wear a seatbelt thru no fault of their own.
Should I be denied insurance payments if my airport limo
crashes and I'm not belted in, because the belt was nowhere
to be found?

Carl Blesch