Re: Stupid Laws
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If I get into an accident with a guy and I'm at fault, I might have to pay his medical bills. I'd be upset if I realized I was paying ten to fifty times more than necessary because he didn't take the two seconds to put his seatbelt on.
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I think a better solution to that problem than imposing a fine for not using a seat belt would be to make the other driver pay some percentage of medical bills if he wasn't using a seat belt.
Somehow I find the increased risk of death or serious injury should I have an accident a much stronger incentive to use a seatbelt than the $50 or $100 fine I will have to pay if the cops catch me without it.
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