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Joe Bemier

On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 00:13:04 -0500, ()
wrote:

In article ,
J. Clarke wrote:
Leon wrote:

"Mike Marlow" wrote in message
...

If that's the case, insurance companies would have mandated air bags in
cars, no smoking in homes, etc.

Well, there are discounts for both however insurance companies cannot
require you to do business with them. Air bags pay for themselves in
insurance premium discounts.

Why would an insurance company give a discount for a piece of equipment that
is required by law to be present?

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It is still quite possible to buy a used car that is not equipped with
air bags, or even seat belts for that matter. AFAIK there is no
jurisdiction in the country that has required retrofitting either.

I think seat belts are required by law. At least when I went to have
my 1974 BMW 2002 inspected the guy checked out the seat belts saying
something like...."you never know with these older cars"