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35. good lord what hole did you crawl out of? i haven't heard this argument in decades!

Reply to coldbeer (Reply #21)

Mon Sep 3, 2012, 04:00 PM

Sep 2012

if you're really, really concerned about an accident where you're in MORE danger because of getting stuck in a seat belt, just keep a pocket knife handy so you can cut the strap. the overwhelming majority of times, a seatbelt is helpful.

beyond that, airbags are designed to work with seatbelts, and your risk of spinal injury (nevermind death, of course) is increased when an airbag deploys while not wearing a seatbelt.

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The Case for Banning Life Jackets - a graphic [View all] ehrnst Sep 2012 OP

I've heard this argument used about first aid kits and seat belts ehrnst Sep 2012 #1

This really isn't talking about flotation devices. (nt) Posteritatis Sep 2012 #10

This isn't about life jackets. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2012 #11

Can also be applied to the whole idea of a social safety net. randome Sep 2012 #30

seat belts? coldbeer Sep 2012 #21

Apparently, you've never seen someone ejected from a car accident nichomachus Sep 2012 #24

I was and damned near died coldbeer Sep 2012 #39

I say BS- digonswine Sep 2012 #25

coldbeer Diclotican Sep 2012 #31

i've never known of any accident barbtries Sep 2012 #32

good lord what hole did you crawl out of? i haven't heard this argument in decades! unblock Sep 2012 #35

Also fire extinguishers slackmaster Sep 2012 #27

I'd use one in an emergency because I can't swim Skidmore Sep 2012 #2

The logic used by the antis would claim that the existence of life jackets ehrnst Sep 2012 #3

Good point and love your signature line. freshwest Sep 2012 #7

Or just get rid of all the water. Easy peasy. tridim Sep 2012 #4

Luckily, the water is rising. Soon we can swim in the NY subways. ChairmanAgnostic Sep 2012 #15

I just read Sekhmets Daughter Sep 2012 #23

sadly here in NC barbtries Sep 2012 #33

If you use a life jacket, you're going against God's will mindwalker_i Sep 2012 #5

reminds me of an old joke justabob Sep 2012 #18

Add a few nasty names to call people who like swimming and boating gollygee Sep 2012 #6

Great, but too subtle for the gullibles. nm rhett o rick Sep 2012 #8

Yup, even here. It's *not* about flotation devices, folks... The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2012 #12

Amazing, isn't it? N/T Ineeda Sep 2012 #22

BRAVO!!! Applause Applause KauaiK Sep 2012 #9

Yup. Makes just as much sense as banning birth control lunatica Sep 2012 #13

Bravo! EvolveOrConvolve Sep 2012 #14

this heaven05 Sep 2012 #16

lol defacto7 Sep 2012 #17

The only thing is.... AlbertCat Sep 2012 #19

well, i know more than a few boaters who really do seem to have some primal urge to sail.... unblock Sep 2012 #36

Yes, however, in evolutionary terms ehrnst Sep 2012 #38

Rec 100 obxhead Sep 2012 #20

K&R = Girl howdy! isn't THAT the truth in so many many more ways than just one!!! patrice Sep 2012 #26

Yup. "Moral Hazard" and all that. n/t markpkessinger Sep 2012 #28

I'm teaching Health this year. WinstonSmith4740 Sep 2012 #29

As Surgeon General Satcher said about sex ed: ehrnst Sep 2012 #37

k+r! TeamPooka Sep 2012 #34

wow. that's powerful. Liberal_in_LA Sep 2012 #40