Miata Mailing List: September 1996, Message #0091
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   From: "D. Scott MacKenzie" 

Subject: Re: Air Bags...MUCH safer than seatbelts alone..period!

   Date: Sun, 1 Sep 1996 01:36:10 -0500



At 10:45 PM 8/29/96 -0400, you wrote:

>Jason Powell wrote:

>> 

>> 

>> Anyone who thinks airbags don't save lives and wants them removed is an

>> IDIOT...hmm, was that blunt enough?

>>

>

>  I feel the same way about someone dumb enough to remove/disable their

>airbags as I do about motorcyclists who refuse to wear helmets. Why

>concern yourself with their health and safety ?  We have far too many 

>idiots in the world as is - letting them drive w/o airbags or ride w/o

>helmets is a REAL GOOD way to get rid of them :-) !

>

>  ZPG through idiot removal !

>

>  Dennis

>

>

>



I agree in evolution in action.  However, with the way tort law is in the

United States, if a person is injured while not wearing sealtbelts (or

having an airbag) he can sue and win against the person causing the

accident.  Even if he didn't take the necessary steps to protect

himself/herself from "reasonable harm".



My solution is to prevent a person from being able to sue for damages if he

doesn't take reasonable precautions to protect him from harm..  At the very

least, he should be considered contributorily negligent, with any awards

mitigated by the amount of damage caused by not wearing seat belts.





mho.... Scott

D. Scott MacKenzie



"I believe that intelligence behaves like matter and energy - there is a

fixed quantity in the universe that can not be created or destroyed.

Unfortunately, the population is growing."

















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