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when it doesn't really affect anyone else but me...


But it does affect other people. If you get injured because you're not wearing a seatbelt, it causes everybody's rates to rise. Now, I'm not arguing that the government should get involved in this case -- your insurance company can just refuse to pay your bills if you weren't wearing the seatbelt.

In the UK, on the other hand, because injured people get NHS healthcare, it comes out of everyone's taxes, and so I think the government is right to require the wearing of seatbelts.
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-- roger