On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 09:43:35 GMT someone who may be "Richard J."
wrote this:-

My point was
that before seat belts were introduced, there were very many disastrous
accidents because many people *didn't* drive safely enough to avoid
being thrown through the windscreen. Overall, driving with belts is
safer than it used to be, i.e. it kills fewer people.

In theory you are correct.

However, practice is rather different to theory. Of course the
people not being killed as much are those inside cars, while those
being killed more are outside cars. If one has a road "safety"
policy that is only concerned with the former then one can present
this as a "success". See the Isles Report and the Durbin/Harvey
Report.


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