Anti-Seatbelt Advocate killed in Car Crash

Master_Fwiffo · Post by **Master_Fwiffo** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 5:19 pm

Derek Keiper wrote this article in the daily Nebrasken, decrying seatbelt laws as unethical.

Published in September of 2004, he wrote that "No law, or set of laws, has made the government more intrusive and ridiculous than seat belt legislation. Nothing is a bigger affront to the ideas of freedom, liberty, yada, yada, yada. Whether you are a pinko liberal or a right-wing whack job, there are plenty of reasons for just saying to hell with seat belt laws."

Mr. Kieper was killed last week in a car accident....
Because he wasn't wearing his seat belt.

Two other passengers in the vehicle, who were buckled, only sustained minor injuries.

Poetic Justice, or a Darwin Award in the making? You decide.

(copied mostly word-for-word from another board)

Señior's Covenant · Post by **Señior's Covenant** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 5:26 pm

In high-speed car accidents, in the inevitable battle between your forehead and anything in front of you, the anything usually wins. Especially when you're "ejected from the vehicle". Man, that's priceless.

Post by **snarl** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 5:41 pm

I find this baeutiful.

Stupid ****!

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 6:28 pm

You couldn't make this **** up.

No law, or set of laws, has made the government more intrusive and ridiculous than seat belt legislation. What a load of crap.

Obfleur · Post by **Obfleur** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 9:20 pm

Again; Madness!
Is there any logical reason for not using seattbealts?!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 10:20 pm

Obfleur wrote:Again; Madness!
Is there any logical reason for not using seattbealts?!

Well, it saves on having to replace the passenger seat every time you eject the bad guy Goldfinger style.

Jetfire · Post by **Jetfire** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 11:01 pm

Master_Fwiffo wrote:
Two other passengers in the vehicle, who were buckled, only sustained minor injuries.

Poetic Justice, or a Darwin Award in the making? You decide.

(copied mostly word-for-word from another board)

Irony in it's purest form. Beautiful yet tragic.

Yes the government intrude too much these days (i.D cards anyone? Look at how they stopped terroism in Spain) but seat belts clearly are a life saving device and must be worn.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 11:25 pm

Don't they have those "wear your seatbelt" adverts over there?

Like the one where "Anne knew her killer, it was her son, Bob, who, after crushing her, sat back down in his seat" and the video is of a woman driver (wearing her seatbelt) being crushed by her son (who isn't), who is then shown to just have a bleeding nose, and wonders why his sister (sat next to him, wearing a seatbelt) is screaming.

Or words to that effect.

Nebbie · Post by **Nebbie** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 11:44 am

There are quite a few instances when not wearing your seat belt can save your life. A friend of mine was in a major wreck when I was in middle school and she lived cause she was thrown from the car right before it wrapped itself around a tree.

Post by **Best First** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 12:46 pm

snarl wrote:I find this baeutiful.

Stupid ****!

i utterly concur.

Obfleur · Post by **Obfleur** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 2:01 pm

I did some driver licence crap today ('driving your car on a slippery/icy surface').
It really made me think about how important the seatbelt is (obviously I knew how important it is, before I did this crappy exercise. But this really proved it to me).

Professor Smooth · Post by **Professor Smooth** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 6:22 pm

I agree with the deceased. If a person is stupid enough to not wear a seatbelt, then perhaps they deserve to die in a car accident. I'm totally against any and all mandatory safety laws. Keeping the stupidest people alive to breed could have terrible consequences on the entire human race. I have nothing against weeding out the slowest and stupidest people who are unable and unwilling to take the necessary precautions to safeguard themselves.

The kid who eats too many marbles doesn't get to have kids of his own, the guy who doesn't wear his seatbelt doesn't have an offspring that repeats his mistakes. Evolution at work.

Optimus Prime Rib · Post by **Optimus Prime Rib** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 6:28 pm

Professor Smooth wrote:The kid who eats too many marbles doesn't get to have kids of his own

Ok, if a kid is eating marbles, then the parents need a swift kick in the parenting skills.

Señior's Covenant · Post by **Señior's Covenant** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 6:33 pm

Professor Smooth wrote:Evolution at work.

More like natural selection, not so much evolving. Still waiting on the third arm here.

Professor Smooth · Post by **Professor Smooth** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 2:18 am

Señior's Covenant wrote:
Professor Smooth wrote:Evolution at work.
More like natural selection, not so much evolving. Still waiting on the third arm here.

Yeah, a third arm would be nice. Still, I'm satisfied with the third leg I've been given.

oh come on, someone had to say it!

Sheba · Post by **Sheba** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 2:57 am

There are some people who will never wear a seat belt because of the <4% of accidents where wearing a seatbelt will kill you rather than saving your life. Such people are paranoid idiots who have no sense of proportion relative to real life.

Post by **Computron** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 6:52 pm

Sheba wrote:Such people are paranoid idiots who have no sense of proportion relative to real life.

*Must resist urge to comment*

IronHide · Post by **IronHide** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 7:54 pm

Computron wrote:
*Must resist urge to comment*

*Must resist urge to commit*

Post by **Computron** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 10:08 pm

IronHide wrote:
Computron wrote:
*Must resist urge to comment*
*Must resist urge to commit*

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