Comments on: Rambling on about Seatbelts

By: amar

amar — Mon, 28 May 2007 02:16:38 +0000

Hi Atanu,
You seem to be unfamiliar with the Indian Rules of traffic. Please read them at
http://www.rajiv.com/india/humor/roadrule.htm

bye

By: neti

neti — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 03:19:04 +0000

i wouldn’t worry about anyone (other than people i care about) travelling without seatbelts. Driving without seatbelts is natural selection at its finest. Let the fools eliminate themselves from the genepool.

By: Soumen Chakrabarti

Soumen Chakrabarti — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 02:54:16 +0000

Supply and demand again. An Indian life is cheaper than a seat belt.

By: shiva

shiva — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:28:14 +0000

Good to hear an economist such as yourself making a strong pitch in favour of seatbelts (mandatory I presume). The crank economics community (to be found in abundance in the US) has come up with some particularly stupid arguments against mandating seatbelts, claiming that a mandate actually increases the incidence of accidents because then people tend to be less careful.

By: Pardeshi

Pardeshi — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:42:21 +0000

Atanu,
my two cents here
- if indian citizens (this includes cab drivers too )can afford a car , they can certainly afford seat belts both in the front and back seats. Even airbags in mass production scale are not that expesive.
- India needs to emulate europe in so many aspects like real driving tests before issuing licenses,safe driving , the effect of alcohol on your reflexes.This shouldn’t be difficult with the modern audiovisual equipement available today

By: anuj

anuj — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 17:37:21 +0000

Last week the New Jersey Governor, Jon Corzine suffered critical injuries in a car accident. He was not wearing a seat belt.
His driver and another companion walked away with minor injuries. Both were both belted in.

By: sarat

sarat — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 17:37:08 +0000

More on this from Dr. Carl in http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/moments/s1330696.htm