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Dr. Antonio Amodeo  (Source: EPA)









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RE: power failure?
By dsraa on 10/4/2010 1:12:13 PM , Rating: 2

I forget to buckle my seat belt all the time...

RE: power failure?
By Skywalker123 on 10/4/2010 1:21:57 PM , Rating: 2
Buckling your seat belt isn't fundamental to your existence no matter what the gubmint told you.

RE: power failure?
By MrBlastman on 10/4/2010 1:27:07 PM , Rating: 1
Hmm sooo what else is going to keep you in the car when you flip over multiple times in a crash? Your grip?

I can't imagine driving a car without a seatbelt on. They hold you in place so you can drive like a maniac. :)

RE: power failure?
By drumhellar on 10/4/2010 3:41:17 PM , Rating: 2
Either way, it's the crash/flipping that kills you, not the lack of seat belt.

RE: power failure?
By redbone75 on 10/4/2010 7:10:49 PM , Rating: 2
I wonder who the Darwin award candidates who voted this down are? Seat belts help save lives and are only part of ever advancing vehicle safety systems. It's that whole thing about inertia. You know, the part where your body continues at whatever speed you're driving at until something acts upon it to stop it. Would you prefer that to be the seat belt or the steering wheel? Dashboard? Windshield? That hot blond in the other vehicle you just crashed into? I don't need the government to tell me this. I learned it a looong time ago.

Look, I'm all with some people on the whole "government doesn't need to tell me how to live my life" blah blah blah kick. If, however, living your life involves putting other people at risk (and you are putting not just yourself at risk when you don't wear a seat belt) and you lack the competence to see otherwise, someone needs to tell you. I think it's sad that in many cases it ends up being government that has to be that entity in matters that involve what is basically common sense.

