Date:         Fri, 8 May 1998 16:51:18 -0700
Reply-To:     Ari Ollikainen <Ari@OLTECO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Ari Ollikainen <Ari@OLTECO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Dorking, Was:Re: Daytime running lights for US Vanagons
Comments: To: "Steven X. Schwenk" <sxs@Schwenk-Law.com>, Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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At 4:25 PM 5/8/98, Steven X. Schwenk wrote:
>The seat belt law more or less achieves voluntary seat-belting and is
>modifing behavior so that people automatically buckle up out of habit
>and common sense, not because of the coercion of the law.  I've never
>seen the law enforced.  If you don't want to wear one, don't.  Because
>the law is generally not abused by the police and because it saves
>millions in insurance premiums (mine too) not to mention lives.... I say
>leave it alone.  Now if you're willing to pay mandatory higherr
>insurance premium to cover the extra costs and risks of  being a
>non-seatbelted driver, then the argument to abolish the laws might be a
>little more persuasive to me.

        In California violation of the seat belt law is a primary offense
        (used to be secondary) giving the police the right to stop you
        to enforce it.

        Anecdotally...I've personally seen tickets given for passenger
        violation of the law...



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