Shock, disbelief following Dever's death

Sierra Vista Herald ^ | Derek Jordan

[darrellmaurina]

10 posted on Thu Sep 20 2012 08:14:01 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) by heartwood: “It sounds like the passenger compartment was intact. Every rollover I’ve seen where the people inside were belted, they’ve been uninjured. Of course, if Dever was going at 85 or so, he might have broken his neck even belted in.”

I know nothing about this case, but I know quite a few things about rollovers.

Seatbelts save lives. No question about it. I've been to rollovers where the vehicle was totaled but the people walked away with no injury at all.

I have also been at quite a few rollovers where people wearing seatbelts were severely injured or even killed.

Rollovers at significant speeds can easily produce significant injuries, and they are exactly the type of injuries that a seatbelt is least likely to be able to prevent. A car is supposed to be going forward on its tires. When a car is hit broadside, or even worse when it rolls over and the passenger is pulled in unintended directions, or worst of all, when the roof collapses or stuff gets into the passenger compartment (which doesn't appear to be the case here) seat belts are much less effective than in a forward-facing collision.

Seatbelts are still good at keeping the passenger where he or she is supposed to be, however, and that is really important in preventing or reducing injuries.

[oh8eleven]

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