This story in the Wausau Daily Herald has good news and bad news. Read it here – http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/article/20100519/WDH0101/5190589/1581&located=rss
The good news is that a mom and her little girl were saved by their seatbelts in a rollover crash.
The bad is: “Wisconsin has among the lowest rates of seat belt use in the nation. About 74 percent of state motorists regularly buckle up — 10 percent lower than the national average, according to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.”
I’ll bet compliance in Langlade County is well under that 74 percent, more likely well under 50%. I can’t understand the obdurate refusal to wear seatbelts by people who are smart enough to get a driver’s license. Do their brains just shut down when they get being the wheel of a car?
Maybe that’s it. That would explain why I was passed on a double-yellow line twice this week while driving at the speed limit. Remember the Albus Axiom – A person who does one stupid thing will shortly do another.
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Perhaps it’s a redneck version of natural selection…purifying the gene pool by killing yourself through stupidity. Anyone stupid enough to drive or ride in a vehicle without buckling up is a Darwin Award contender.