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Let's see if I can keep this short. I wear my seat belt because I can't afford to pay the fine on a fixed income. I really resent that law being imposed upon me. To those who cite insurance rates, may I ask you to quote me the overall property/casualty company difference's in bodily injury loss ratios in any state since the inception of mandatory seat belt laws.
I've lived at a time when there were NO seatbelts. We drove high powered V8's, and never gave it a thought. If anyone was injured in an auto accident, and they were at fault THEIR insurance rate went up, not mine! When they were not at fault, the rate went up on the guy who caused the accident. It's the same today, and insurance rates are just a phoney left excuse to keep us under governments thumb.
Now before someone reminds me that traffic has increased since my heyday, I would tell you in 1957 traffic was bumper to bumper at times on Route 128 around Boston, and still is.
I'm outta here!
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