California Seat Belt Law
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Now that Big Brother has decided that I must wear a seat belt when I ride in a car, how long will it take before I have to wear an inner tube when I swim in my pool, a safety harness when I climb a ladder, and shoes with steel-reinforced toecaps when I carry out the garbage?
How come Big Brother hasn’t outlawed cigarettes, which cause a lot more deaths than not wearing seat belts?
G.R. TURGEON
Los Angeles
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