Why not do both? You might notice that this is the way automobile laws are drafted - there are drunk driving laws, speeding cameras to actually make people slow down, and tickets and fines and there are also laws about seat belt use and child seat use and the type of glass that can be used in automobile windows and tickets and fines for that. The seat belt use prevents precisely zero accidents. It does, however, save lives.<br>
<br>And it also has to be noted that where a cyclist isn't wearing a helmet and a person in a car isn't wearing a seat belt, public sympathy for any injury, including death, they may incur goes right down. Why? Becaues there was something easy and cheap for them to do that they didn't bother. And that's the case even when the helmet or the seat belt might have saved them. <br>
<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/8/2 Turtle <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:turtle@thewiseturtle.com">turtle@thewiseturtle.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Excellent, Anne. Now that we are clear that we can indeed prevent<br>
crashes, lets go do it. Lets find out what causes crashes (confusion?<br>
lack of visibility? Illegal driving?), and work to eliminate those<br>
causes.<br>
<br>
Or, we could just spend our energy giving out big band aids for people<br>
to wear on their heads...<br>
<br>
:-)<br>
<br>
-Turil<br>
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