Saw this on the Gainsville Sun. Good advise.
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20101...ple-in-rollover
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20101...ple-in-rollover
Seatbelts save lives
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Yes sir, buckle up, and turn off the cell phones.
You got that right, I don't think too many people can debate that seatbelts don't save lives.
I started wearing mine in 1983 when I witnessed an accident where a woman hit a large telephone pole doing about 25 MPH. The car hit the pole square in the middle of the front bumper. I actually saw her fly through the car, with her head striking the middle of the windshield and her right knee hitting the middle of the dash. I couldn't believe how fast her body accelerated through that vehicle. That made a believer out of me.
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I never really wore mine regularly until I purchased my newer Civic and I guess alot of the post 2005 cars do this now. There is a constant chime if you do not wear your seatbelt. I don't like to hear it so I started wearing my seatbelt all the time. The only downside is if I buy a bag of dogfood or something heavy I have to be careful not to put it on the front passenger seat or I hear the chime even if Im wearing my seatbelt.
I've always worn mine. Too young to remember anything else.
Seatbelts have saved me numerous times from minor injuries, and potentially a major head trauma. Instead of flying into the windshield, I was held back far enough to only lightly touch the deploying airbag.
Seatbelts have saved me numerous times from minor injuries, and potentially a major head trauma. Instead of flying into the windshield, I was held back far enough to only lightly touch the deploying airbag.
I had an acquaintance who was an EMT at one time. He said they never had to extract a dead body with a seat belt on...
my roomate totalled a volvo on a curvy coutnry road at 120mph. he was wearing a seatbelt and walked away.
my dad was in a wreck in a chevy vega when a dummy took off without running his defroster... in the oncoming lane and nailed him head-on.
Still busted his kneecap, he blames that he had the lap portion on his down parka and not tightly over the hips. Of course 1970's vegas were not the pinnacle of crashworthiness either.
This was in 1980, when it was still the nerdy thing to do.
Still busted his kneecap, he blames that he had the lap portion on his down parka and not tightly over the hips. Of course 1970's vegas were not the pinnacle of crashworthiness either.
This was in 1980, when it was still the nerdy thing to do.
It's the shoulder harness that does the trick.
Still, I believe that this law was passed by a few people against the will of the vast majority of citizens .
It is a money maker for municipalities.
Still, I believe that this law was passed by a few people against the will of the vast majority of citizens .
It is a money maker for municipalities.
Always wear my seatbelt. Anyone who rides in the car I'm driving wears the seatbelt PROPERLY, or they get out.
I agree wholeheartedly that seat belts save lives. No texting and no cell phone while driving prevents accidents.
However there is always the exception:
I know the people involved personally from childhood on , we were neighbors at the time.
The two brothers were "partying" and driving at a high rate of speed in a 70's Nova hatch back.
A rollover crash was the result. They were both thrown clear of what quickly became a fiery wreckage(gas tank ripped open).
Neither of them had their seat belts on. Both had injuries and survived.
They both claimed that the use of seat belts would have killed them.
Of course staying sober while driving would have prevented this scenario from ever happening.
Rickey.
However there is always the exception:
I know the people involved personally from childhood on , we were neighbors at the time.
The two brothers were "partying" and driving at a high rate of speed in a 70's Nova hatch back.
A rollover crash was the result. They were both thrown clear of what quickly became a fiery wreckage(gas tank ripped open).
Neither of them had their seat belts on. Both had injuries and survived.
They both claimed that the use of seat belts would have killed them.
Of course staying sober while driving would have prevented this scenario from ever happening.
Rickey.
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I had to listen to these exceptions many times over in my early days. Some people truly believed that using seat belts would keep them from getting thrown out of a car and they would die during a horrible crash. What they didn't know is that for every time this happens, there are ten times where people are killed by being thrown from their cars. Of course, those ten don't live to share their experience.
Save lives but increase the number of severely injured drivers and increase the number of accidents.
If you want to lower the number of accidents then remove seatbelts entirely and instead glue a driver facing a spear tip on the steering wheel. Now THAT will save lives.
If you want to lower the number of accidents then remove seatbelts entirely and instead glue a driver facing a spear tip on the steering wheel. Now THAT will save lives.
How do seatbelts increase accidents?
I T-boned a late '80s Dodge Diplomat in my '85 Mustang at 45 mph. I was doing my normal SIPDE thing. I saw him there at the redlight. My light was green. He looked right at me and entered the intersection just as I did. Had about one lane's width of time at 45 to react.
I will gladly take the small bruise I got over slamming into the steering wheel.
I T-boned a late '80s Dodge Diplomat in my '85 Mustang at 45 mph. I was doing my normal SIPDE thing. I saw him there at the redlight. My light was green. He looked right at me and entered the intersection just as I did. Had about one lane's width of time at 45 to react.
I will gladly take the small bruise I got over slamming into the steering wheel.
Originally Posted By: Spazdog
How do seatbelts increase accidents?
It's about incentives. The safety provided by wearing seatbelts allows people to drive faster. It has been a while but a study was done back in the 70s or 80s regarding seatbelt laws and IIRC the study noted fewer deaths, but significant uptick in accidents and life-changing injuries. Here's an experiment. Next time you drive to work or home don't wear your seatbelt and tell us how you felt on that drive.
How do seatbelts increase accidents?
It's about incentives. The safety provided by wearing seatbelts allows people to drive faster. It has been a while but a study was done back in the 70s or 80s regarding seatbelt laws and IIRC the study noted fewer deaths, but significant uptick in accidents and life-changing injuries. Here's an experiment. Next time you drive to work or home don't wear your seatbelt and tell us how you felt on that drive.
Originally Posted By: mechtech2
Still, I believe that this law was passed by a few people against the will of the vast majority of citizens .
It is a money maker for municipalities.
I've always been against personal safety laws.
I figure only an idiot would go without a helmet or seat belt, etc. but who am I to judge and why ticket them?
Still, I believe that this law was passed by a few people against the will of the vast majority of citizens .
It is a money maker for municipalities.
I've always been against personal safety laws.
I figure only an idiot would go without a helmet or seat belt, etc. but who am I to judge and why ticket them?
Originally Posted By: bigmike
Originally Posted By: mechtech2
Still, I believe that this law was passed by a few people against the will of the vast majority of citizens .
It is a money maker for municipalities.
I've always been against personal safety laws.
I figure only an idiot would go without a helmet or seat belt, etc. but who am I to judge and why ticket them?
Just don't make taxpayer foot the bill for the injuries. If someone wants to ride a motorcycle w/out a helmet, that's fine by me, but if they crack their head open don't ask me to foot the bill.
Originally Posted By: mechtech2
Still, I believe that this law was passed by a few people against the will of the vast majority of citizens .
It is a money maker for municipalities.
I've always been against personal safety laws.
I figure only an idiot would go without a helmet or seat belt, etc. but who am I to judge and why ticket them?
Just don't make taxpayer foot the bill for the injuries. If someone wants to ride a motorcycle w/out a helmet, that's fine by me, but if they crack their head open don't ask me to foot the bill.
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