Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!duke!mcnc!idis!mi-cec!dvk From: dvk@mi-cec.UUCP (Dan Klein) Newsgroups: net.followup Subject: Re: Seatbelts Message-ID: <197@mi-cec.UUCP> Date: Thu, 26-Jan-84 11:32:48 EST Article-I.D.: mi-cec.197 Posted: Thu Jan 26 11:32:48 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 9-Feb-84 02:23:42 EST Lines: 11 Just as a note of some interest: In Israel, seatbelts are optional until you hit the highway. When driving on a highway, they are mandatory. I belt up before I turn the ignition key, so it always surprised me when driving with friends that they would unbuckle as soon as we entered the city. An act of defiance, perhaps, but I go for safety. (I was in an accident two years ago on an icy road where the seat belt/shoulder harness saved me from a possible concussion. The structural components of the VW Rabbit helped a lot too.) -Dan Klein, Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh