Re:London may have gone into a Covid-accelerated decline
by jdkee on Saturday May 23, 2020 @11:10PM
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"Laws that allow you to be fined or punished simply for not wearing a seat belt or a helmet? Yes, those are wrong."
Why should I have to pay, through increased insurance and other societal costs, for your increased economic burden if you are paralyzed or run up huge medical bills because you could not be bothered to wear a seatbelt?
Re:London may have gone into a Covid-accelerated decline
by pdonis on Saturday May 23, 2020 @11:13PM
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> Why should I have to pay, through increased insurance and other societal costs, for your increased economic burden if you are paralyzed or run up huge medical bills because you could not be bothered to wear a seatbelt?
Go back and read the second part of my post, which you failed to quote, which addresses exactly this issue.
Re:London may have gone into a Covid-accelerated decline
by Dylan16807 on Sunday May 24, 2020 @04:03AM
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> Indeed, people would probably be more likely to wear seatbelts and helmets under such a regime than they are now. Now they're just risking a fine. Under that regime they'd be risking, for example, not having their medical insurance cover the costs of treating them.
That is not how people work. They never think it will happen to them.
Laws that allow you to be fined or punished simply for not wearing a seat belt or a helmet? Yes, those are wrong.
Laws that impose extra liability on you if you are in an accident and cause harm (including harm to yourself) and aren't wearing a seatbelt or a helmet? Those would be fine. Indeed, people would probably be more likely to wear seatbelts and helmets under such a regime than they are now. Now they're just risking a fine. Under that regime they'd be risking, for example, not having their medical insurance cover the costs of treating them.