In a column written for the Daily Nebraskan in September, Derek attacked seat belt laws as intrusions on individual liberties and expensive to enforce.
"It is my choice what type of safety precautions I take," he wrote.
Confession: I don't wear seat belts. I find them restricting. I accept the fact that I am putting my life in danger every time I drive. I agree that it's my choice. I don't particularly want to die - I guess it's like Russian roulette. I'll take my chance. It might kill me, and I accept that.
Posted by Stephanie
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9:56 PM, January 11, 2005
You write that like he had a choice in whether or not he was going to die from that accident. heh.
Posted by Melissa
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4:09 AM, January 12, 2005
Perhaps not a choice but at least a chance.
Posted by Curtis
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7:32 AM, January 12, 2005
I disagree. He had the chance to be paralized instead of dying whether or not he wore his seatbelt.
Posted by Melissa
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11:17 PM, January 12, 2005
But in one case we know what did happen: he died. In the other case we can only guess that either he would have lived or he would have died, therefore, I say that he had a chance in that situation. The whatif is unknowable, so I don't see the utility in debating it. My point is simply that it's a sad irony.
Posted by Curtis
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11:26 PM, January 12, 2005
Watch the first season and you'll see what you've been missing.
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