Posted on 01/03/2005 1:33:36 PM PST by Hebrews 11:6
Yesterday, my daughter was driving her Honda Civic at 50 mph when a Chevy Cavalier traveling 55 mph in the opposite direction suddenly swerved directly into her path. The resulting direct headon collision totalled both cars.
Neither my daughter nor her passenger sustained any injuries beyond superficial bruising--today, they're both sore but functioning normally. The other driver suffered a broken leg, and her passenger was unhurt.
Both vehicles' airbags deployed, and all four had buckled up.
Whatever reason you've concocted for refusing to buckle up really doesn't do justice to your intelligence.
Buckling up is a habit for me.
Crash dummy alert, always buckle up, I am happy for you and your family.
I started buckling in 1976 when I worked for EMS. That cured me of driving unrestrained.
Don't know if its true or just marketing but I remember a Highway Patrolman state he never had to unbuckle a dead body in an accident.
Thanks for the mommy alert.
...however, are you sure about the respective speeds of the cars?
Internal organs being slammed against the breastplate and all...
Just wondering.
Great news! Still don't support the law, except maybe for the underaged.
I started buckling up back in 1988 when my brother was involved in a roll over accident. Thank God he was wearing his seatbelt, because according to the trooper at the scene, had my brother not worn his seatbelt, he would have been killed!
I am an avid supporter of a persons Right to not use a seatbelt if they have reached the age of legal consent. Having said that, I would wonder where your mind-set was if you(as in anyone) delberately choose not to wear one. I am very happy to hear all was well with your family and that everyone is of the most part OK.
Good to hear all are relatively unscathed. I buckle up just to listen to radio when sitting still in driveway. Seat belt saved my life in '85.
Glad they are all okay. Or will be soon.
I wear one only cuz it is the law in NC. I was involved in a horrible wreck when I was 18. A car slammed into my vehicle on my side going 60 mph. The force pushed me into the passenger side. The officer said if I would have had my belt on I would be pushing up daisies. Then he proceeds to give me a ticket for not wearing a belt. NC had just passed that law.
"never had to unbuckle a dead body in an accident."
I have. Doesn't always work, but they work more often than not.
Had a family friend get in an accident when a couple of teens decided they were going to outrun their friends and passed in a no-passing zone. He barely made it out even though he was wearing a seatbelt. Was disabled from it for a long time. Got screwed by his lawyer who wanted to curry favor with the well connected father of the girl who hit him.
But yea, without a seatbelt he'd have been in even worse shape.
My father in law was a Patrolman for tenty years and told me the very same thing.
In 2001 I was hit and it totalled out a 2000 Ford F150 I was in. I was buckled and the only injury I got were burns on the inside of my arms from the deploying airbags.
I'm thankful to hear about your daughter. Be advised, however, that many people are killed each year by injuries from seatbelts and in some of those cases the passengers and drivers would have survived without them. Furthermore, I do have a friend from college (extremely athletic) who was able to jump out of her set in a sideways collision before the car came through the side of her vehicle. If she had been trapped there she would have died.
STATISTICALLY, you are more likely to survive with your seatbelt on. But it is not better in all cases. There are cases where wearing the seatbelt will kill you. The government has no business legislating the demise of a minority to achieve the protection of the majority.
So go ahead and preach, but don't cross the line into statist fanaticism.
Modern cars are designed to give a little. Some seats will slide slightly to help you decelerate safely.
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