A Rare Situation Wearing a Seatbelt MIGHT Have Killed YOU

[Yogimus]

@308 mike: Yep, that's generally why. (no snark) in 4 years we had 3 deaths where the seatbelts were used, but the folks died in the E room not in the car.

[moose42]

I was riding in the back seat of my sisters 1991 Ford Tempo, years ago. I wasn't wearing a seat-belt. (What a crappy car by the way)

She slid on some ice and nailed a curb. She wasn't going very fast at all, maybe 20-25 mph. The impact shot me up off my seat and into the headliner. It HURT, bad.

After that I've NEVER gone anywhere without wearing my seat belt.

[cu74]

It's not a guarantee, but I try to bet with the odds.

And, that's the best any of us can do in an uncertain world. I've heard the "don't wear seat belts" stories for many years - I wear mine.

[308Mike]

It's not a guarantee, but I try to bet with the odds.

And, that's the best any of us can do in an uncertain world. I've heard the "don't wear seat belts" stories for many years - I wear mine.

YUP - that'll give you a little insurance to help you reach a ripe old age.

[cu74]

YUP - that'll give you a little insurance to help you reach a ripe old age.

Come on, Mike - seventy isn't ripe enough?

[308Mike]

YUP - that'll give you a little insurance to help you reach a ripe old age.

Come on, Mike - seventy isn't ripe enough?

Naaaaa, I think you've probably got another THIRTY YEARS ahead of you, that's a WHOLE 'NOTHER GENERATION and then some!! When you hit 90, then I'll think you're probably getting a little ripe. Just remember, once ripe, the harvesting time is relatively short for these excellent long-term specimens and the time between their absolute BEST and beginning to decline is relatively short (my mom is going through this at 75 years old). Hence they are MOST valuable at just before their decline. Which for SOME, can be a VERY short period indeed (depending on their medical problems and possible strokes).

Unfortunately, many of the older specimens might be going through treatments such as CHEMO and RADIATION THERAPY to deal with as some of their cells which have gotten out-of-control. Such conditions may cause other family members to also shave their heads in sympathy, so the affected family member isn't the ONLY one of the family walking around in public with a bald head (due to the hair-loss due to the chemo treatments). Here's a photo with me and my mom (sorry, too tired to do it right, this is a quick and dirty distortion).

SEMPER FI!!

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[Highspeed]

The cross bar(custom) behind the front seats made the rear seats useless, but then again it wasn't a grocery getter. And I like walking.

That's the way to do the job if you don't have a roll cage to attach to. I've seen 4 point harnesses attached at such stupid angles that in a frontal impact they would collapse the seat and make things worse rather than better