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Oliver Schick
Ultimately I think it's a good idea - there's a number of reasons to do this beyond reducing the danger of an impact. However, people still describe hitting a tree as 'wrapping yourself around it'. The tree didn't do it, the fuckwit behind the wheel did.
As always, it comes down to the same old argument/debate/tussle/balance between personal freedom and protecting people from themselves and their own stupidity. I was listening to an (old - turns out its the first) episode of the freakonomics podcast about safety gear and how it changes incentives, this is exactly the same.