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SciFi Chick
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Posted - 07/30/2004 :  10:25:04   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send SciFi Chick a Private Message
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Originally posted by Les

Dream, Dave, dream!!

My opposition to seatbelt laws (again based on the philosophy that my body belongs to me and not a people's collective) has always come with the idea that if you're caught driving without a seatbelt (or riding a motorcycle without a helmet), you'd have to present proof of a kind of "super-insurance" which would eliminate the financial burden of an injury from being passed on to others, the stated reason for those types of laws.



What insurance company is going to insure stupidity? I mean, they're in it for the money after all.

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Les
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Posted - 07/30/2004 :  11:00:27   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Les's Homepage Send Les a Private Message
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Originally posted by SciFi Chick



What insurance company is going to insure stupidity? I mean, they're in it for the money after all.



Well, the unbelted/unhelmeted would have to pay higher rates, which would be an incentive to wear the seatbelt/helmet.
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