On Sun, 24 Jan 2016 19:31:01 -0000, Jolly Roger wrote:

On 2016-01-24, nospam wrote:
In article , Jolly Roger
wrote:

Or you are going through a green light and some jackass in the
right-hand turn lane in a multi-lane cross street, who cannot be easily
seen due to other cars obscuring that lane, and is running from cops,
plows into your car doing 80 mph. Some things simply cannot be
realistically avoided, and seat belts along with air bags DO matter.

blame the cops for that. car chases put innocent people at risk.

...and sometimes unavoidable due to circumstances.

chases are *always* avoidable.

Not for those not involved in the chase.

yes it is. either party can end the chase at any time.

Those uninvolved in the chase have no control over it. And they would be
generally better protected by seat belts.

they can't stop the chase, the but the point you keep missing is that
everyone would be even better protected if cops didn't chase people
with minor infractions and/or where it puts innocent people at risk.

I haven't missed it; I simply ignored it since it's not what we were
talking about before you mentioned it. You keep trying to change the
conversation. The conversation was originally about seatbelts and
whether they can protect you or not.

also, police chases are rare. fixating on something that's rare is
silly.

You seem to be the only one here fixated on them. There are many
situations where accidents cannot be avoided. Police chases are just one
example. In each of those situations, a seat belt can generally provide
you with more safety.

And sometimes people sped through
intersections even without being chased.

which is why it's important to pay attention to what's going on so that
evasive maneuvers can be taken if needed.

Again, even the most attentive driver can be blindsided by another reckless
driver. Fact of life.

nothing is perfect, but an attentive driver can often avoid collisions
that otherwise would have occurred.

Not always, which is why it is best to use the safety features that are
available, including the seat belt.

Use safety features to prevent likely problems by all means, but to be scared of the unlikely is quite frankly pathetic.

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