Word: seatbelt
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...YEAR'S DAY, Massachusetts became the third state in the nation to require the use of seatbelts. Public officials predicted that the so-called seatbelt law will lead to fewer automobile accidents and fewer injuries...
Less than a month later, a petition drive led by WRKO radio talk show host Jerry Williams has gathered enough signatures to challenge the law by referendum. Williams and his followers contend that the seatbelt law in fringes on citizens' personal rights...
...might be inappropriate for the state to force citizens to act in their own welfare, but it is not inappropriate to compel them to respect the welfare of others. The seatbelt law advances more than personal safety; it advances public safety. When you get behind the wheel, you take not only your own life into your hands, but also the lives of countless others...
Even worse than the color was the fact that seatbelt-like fasteners had taken the place of shoelaces...
...concept behind seatbelts also bugs me. You're falling to earth from 30,000 feet and you expect a seatbelt to save your life? The only good thing that they do is make it easier for the rescue people to find your body. "Yup, there he is, 27A, sucker had his seatbelt on." If it's going to be your last chance to piss someone off, you might as well spread your body all over the place...