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To: Lane3 who wrote (22691)	7/2/2006 4:25:07 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541582

For the record, my new Honda manual says you shouldn't ride with a seatbelt across your throat. I put that seatbelt under my left arm, snugly in my armpit.

To: Lane3 who wrote (22691)	7/2/2006 4:27:18 PM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541582

You have a relatively unique situation where safety equipment that saves 99% of people presents a hazard to you. Since your problem can be fixed with a modification, I don't see any great philosophical import, just an obstacle you can easily overcome (and you did, I believe). As I mentioned to Jim, I have my own agenda of items where I want the nannies to mind their own flippin' business, an agenda that most of the right and many other Americans would not agree with, because they find government babysitting in those areas morally good. Personally I don't care if you don't wear a seatbelt or a helmet when you are on the road. But if I were a legislator and felt a duty to weigh the burden vs the public good, this is one where I would go along with prevailing laws. Which is more than I can say about most drug laws and all prostitution and "obscenity" laws, the last being a nonsensical throwback to the Puritans among others.