Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site druxy.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!floyd!harpo!ihnp4!drutx!druxy!jas From: jas@druxy.UUCP (ShanklandJA) Newsgroups: net.followup Subject: enforcement of mandatory seatbelt laws Message-ID: <923@druxy.UUCP> Date: Fri, 27-Jan-84 13:04:57 EST Article-I.D.: druxy.923 Posted: Fri Jan 27 13:04:57 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 31-Jan-84 02:15:35 EST Organization: AT&T Information Systems Laboratories, Denver Lines: 18 I guess enforcement does get a little tricky, doesn't it? In defense of such laws, seatbelt use has skyrocketed in countries that have passed mandatory seatbelt laws. Given the enforcement problems, it's a little hard to explain, but it is true. In West Germany, seat belt use went from somewhere around 10% to somewhere around 70% when the law was passed. Maybe it just makes people think a little.... As for the legitimacy of restricting people's right to be fools: I, too, do not care to pay a share of scraping these people off the pavement and patching them back together. If they really enjoy not wearing a seatbelt, they may do so in the comfort of their living rooms. Jim Shankland ..!ihnp4!druxy!jas