Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site whuxj.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!whuxj!blesch From: blesch@whuxj.UUCP (Carl Blesch) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Denying insurance coverage. Message-ID: <98@whuxj.UUCP> Date: Thu, 2-Feb-84 10:17:45 EST Article-I.D.: whuxj.98 Posted: Thu Feb 2 10:17:45 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 8-Feb-84 00:43:58 EST References: <581@pyuxqq.UUCP> Organization: Bell Labs, Whippany, N.J. Lines: 19 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