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To: Responsibility2nd

Terrible. That said, I don’t know why people won’t wear seatbelts. We had a horrible crash where I live last week (truck went airborne onto the other side of the interstate, bounced off the roof of a car and then flew back to the other side) where the only person killed in the first part of the accident was the person not wearing a seat belt.

Unfortunately, several people were killed when the accident was being cleared and a tractor trailer truck ran into the back of the line that had been stopped for the clean up - one of the vehicles was an older Ford Explorer, and it did what they do (explode).

But just putting on the seat belt would save a lot of people, and also in some cases prevent them from losing control of their car if it is struck. Happened to me - I stayed in place after being T-boned and tipped next to a gully and I was able to control the car enough to head it away. If I hadn’t had my seat belt on, I would have been flipped against the roof.


10 posted on 06/06/2014 8:53:33 AM PDT by livius
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To: livius

I feel like I’m going to fall out of the car if I don’t wear a seat belt.


12 posted on 06/06/2014 8:58:01 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin.)
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To: livius

My daughters friend didn’t have her seat belt on when she left our house,went to the corner on a busy road and was t-boned.
She slid(or was thrown) to the passenger side and received a broken leg.I can only think her injuries may have been more severe(?) had she worn the seat belt.


21 posted on 06/06/2014 9:10:14 AM PDT by peteyd (A dog may bite you in the ass,but it will never stab you in the back.)
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