Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site amdahl.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcs!lsuc!pesnta!amdcad!amdahl!gam From: gam@amdahl.UUCP (gam) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Seat-belt laws (and proposal for penalties) Message-ID: <1134@amdahl.UUCP> Date: Wed, 13-Feb-85 14:55:19 EST Article-I.D.: amdahl.1134 Posted: Wed Feb 13 14:55:19 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Feb-85 22:43:10 EST References: <321@gargoyle.UChicago.UUCP> <630@unmvax.UUCP> <309@mhuxm.UUCP> <665@unmvax.UUCP> <377@harvard.ARPA> Organization: Blue Mouse Trailer Resort, Hellmouth, CA Lines: 27 > David Albert ihnp4!ut-sally!harvard!albert (albert@harvard.ARPA) > Sure, maybe the insurance company could refuse to pay if > you were found dead in your car with your seatbelt off. > But could they prove you hadn't taken it off after the > accident? And if it were on, could you prove that you > hadn't put it on at the last minute -- thus removing your > hands from the wheel and contributing to the accident -- > to avoid losing your insurance? From what I have seen, the difference between wearing a seatbelt and not wearing a seatbelt in an auto accident is unmistakable. In the latter case, the driver/passenger usually ends up dead or permanently brain damaged. As for putting it on at the last minute: there just isn't time. Here is a refined proposal for insurance penalities for not wearing seatbelts: Let's say you get a 10% discount on your medical premiums if you wear a seatbelt. If it is determined that you are not wearing your seatbelt, your medical coverage would be reduced to the NON-discounted premiums would buy; that is, you would be paying a lower premium, but getting lower coverage as well. -- Gordon A. Moffett ...!{ihnp4,hplabs,sun}!amdahl!gam