she was wearing her seat belt which became jammed.
Things like this are why everyone should carry (at least) a pocketknife, either on them or in their car within easy reach.
Personally I almost always have one of my Gerber's in one of my pockets, I've been carrying pocket knives since I was in elementary school. I, and a bunch of others, even carried our knives to school. But with the nanny state that's inadvisable today, whenever I go into a government building I have to take my knife out before entering.
Mandatory seatbelt laws save far more lives than they cost, and the problem you quote is so easily avoided that it's a straw man arguement against them.
Ah, so you're going to say the death of the elementary school girl I knew who burned to death could have been avoided? Yea, it could have, by not getting in a car. But because you apparently don't believe in personal responsibility you want government to dictate what can not and must do. I don't want to live in your world where governments can make victimless crimes.
Falcon