On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 17:20:09 -0500, Nick Hull
vaguely proposed a theory
.......and in reply I say!:

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And your scientific method quuotes that more peedestrains are killed
because of seatbelts?

It may be true, but really is a red herring, IMO.

IIRC, in West Oz, something like 2/3 of all people killed in car
accidents over the Christmas break were not wearing seatbelts. At
least half seems to be the common figure, especially in the country.

But of course this only shows that people who do _not_ wear seatbelts
feel invulnerable and drive badly....

Nothing's 100% fair but if scientific methods were used we could find a
system that worked better on the average.