Date:         Thu, 17 Aug 2000 16:37:25 EDT
Reply-To:     EVEHART33@aol.com
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Ken Hunter <EVEHART33@aol.com>
Subject:      Re: weak seat belt retractor
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In a message dated 8/17/00 1:58:08 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
hotlava@interpac.net writes:

<<
 Well... in Hawaii the fine for not wearing your seatbelt is $45... that's
 right, FORTY-FIVE DOLLARS!!!  And it's enforced on a regular basis.  The
 cops set up traps to watc

My wife is short and depending on what she's wearing the seatbelt in our
Westy can chafe the front of her shoulder. One hot day she was wearing the
belt but tucked the shoulder portion under her arm and got a $50 ticket for
"improperly wearing"her seatbelt".This is New Mexico where there is no
motorcycle helmet law, they still rip around in pickups with the bed filled
with unprotected kids, and the jails are so screwed up that they have
mistakenly released felons for the past 4 months. Thank God the insurance
lobby is protecting us with mandatory seatbelt laws.
Pardon the rant,

Ken Hunter
82 Westy 1.9D
84 Jetta 1.5D
89 Mitsubishi van