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N.H. Safety Chief Opposes Mandatory Seat Belts
East News • February 25, 2005
The chief of the New Hampshire Highway Safety Agency says a bill to make seat belt use mandatory for adults is intrusive and unnecessary.
Peter Thomson said during a hearing on the bill this week ...
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| Subject | Posted By | Posted On |
|---|---|---|
| Seat Belt Benefits and Maximization of Use | Eddie Wren | Jun 30, 2005, 4:35 pm |
| RE: Seat belts | Joe Hernandez | Jun 30, 2005, 3:26 pm |
| It's my life, let me make the choice | Jeremiah D. | Apr 4, 2005, 10:21 pm |
| Petulant Comments Don't Help | Eddie Wren | Mar 17, 2005, 1:21 pm |
| RE: Mandatory Seat Belt Usage | T., Francis | Mar 17, 2005, 12:15 pm |
| Mandatory Seat Belt Usage | Eddie Wren | Feb 28, 2005, 12:36 pm |
| Mandating | JJ | Feb 28, 2005, 8:33 am |
| RE: Seat Belts and personal responsbility | Michael | Feb 28, 2005, 7:49 am |
| Seat Belts and personal responsbility | Peter Rousmaniere | Feb 25, 2005, 5:08 pm |
| Seat Belts | Mike | Feb 25, 2005, 4:14 pm |
| RE: RE: Seat belts | Mark | Feb 25, 2005, 1:10 pm |
| RE: RE: RE: Seat belts | Michael | Feb 25, 2005, 12:58 pm |
| RE: RE: Seat belts | R Wilson | Feb 25, 2005, 12:54 pm |
| RE: Seat belts | Kathy | Feb 25, 2005, 12:32 pm |
| Seat Belts | Jmaes Green | Feb 25, 2005, 9:09 am |
| Seat belts | Brian O'Neill | Feb 25, 2005, 7:33 am |
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Subject: Petulant Comments Don't Help
If Mr./Mrs./Ms. Francis has not noticed, the topic is peoples' lives -- not a trivial matter.
Perhaps the aforementioned writer should spend a few weeks working with emergency services personnel and get a dose or reality when having to recover body parts from people who were ejected from vehicles because they weren't wearing a seat belt.
And then try being the one to tell a victim's parents, or spouse, or children that the person they loved isn't coming home any more. The only thing you DON'T say, even when it is totally true, is: "But they COULD have come home again if only they had been wearing their seat belt."
And then, of course, there is the cost aspect, too.
NHTSA/DOT have stated that each fatality in road crashes costs American society approximately $1 million. So is it acceptable for individuals to ignore that aspect of their "wanna be free" actions?
Eddie Wren
www.driveandstayalive.com