Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83 (MC830919); site haring.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!whuxle!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!mcvax!haring!jim From: jim@haring.UUCP Newsgroups: net.followup Subject: Re: enforcement of mandatory seatbelt laws Message-ID: <186@haring.UUCP> Date: Mon, 6-Feb-84 22:12:55 EST Article-I.D.: haring.186 Posted: Mon Feb 6 22:12:55 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 8-Feb-84 10:06:48 EST References: <923@druxy.UUCP> <289@denelcor.UUCP> Organization: CWI, Amsterdam Lines: 10 Apparently-To: rnews@mcvax.LOCAL >This reminds me of the fellow in England (where apparently >they have had such laws for some time).... Actually, the law on seatbelts came into force almost exactly a year ago, about the time I left (no connection). It may be interesting to find out from someone still there what the effect has been, since other factors such as oil prices, speed limits, road conditions have not, to my knowledge, changed significantly in that time. Jim McKie Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica, Amsterdam ..mcvax!jim