Both ejected from taxi and killed:
Would seat belts have saved them?
I mean it is really odd that if seat belts DO save lives that taxi and bus riders don’t use them.
The State Patrol in our area has been placing a new emphasis on seat belt enforcement recently. It is sometimes difficult for me to believe that there are people who do not use their safety belts these days. There are so many bad drivers on the roads these says that every time you get out on the road there is always a chance that one of them will cross your path. When I am driving our van especially which has us seated a little higher than cars, I am always amazed at the number of drivers on the freeway who are either texting or doing something else with their phones while traveling 65 or 70mph down the freeway.
In the 25 years that I worked on a fire department, the vast majority of fatalities at motor vehicle accidents that I saw were directly related to people not wearing their seat belts. So I guess that I am a stronger believer in them than most. I also saw many more MVAs with horrific damage to the vehicles where once we managed to extricate the occupants they had only minor injuries which was quite amazing in many cases.
May the two of them rest in peace.