Seatbelts

[Jim Gathmann <jim_gathmann@xxxxxxxxx>]

I guess I need to clarify what I was talking about...

I don't think its best not to wear seatbelts. I think,
the odds are in your favor if you do use them.

However, that odd is not a certianly. Just as there
are an almost unlimited amount of ways to crash a car,
there are almost an unlimited amount of reasons why
seatbelts are a good idea.

My personal experience is that it can go both ways.
Sure one way is more rare then the other. But its
still possible.

That's why being in a car is always a gamble. It can
go either way. Naturally, the best we can do, is try
to follow what ever way would give us the best odds.
That's not to say we won't ever end up in on odd-ball
situation. For this is why it is best to always pay
attention while driving and be as careful as possible-
you just never know.
--- Robin Giesbrecht <robings@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
> I find the "wearing seatbelts is dangerous"argument
> very tiresome but each 
> to his own.My next door neighbor has this attitude.
> I have been involved in 
> an accident where I was very nearly killed as I was
> ejected from the rear 
> seat of a 1977 Camaro through the windshield and
> took a bit of the rear view 
> mirror with me  via my scalp. That was not funny.
> The driver sustained minor 
> injuries because he stayed in the car(not belted in)
> and the other front 
> seat passenger died(ejected and hit a tree). The
> stats are there for all to 
> see. I also knew people who were ejected and then
> run over by their own car 
> which did them in. And I have been in an
> accident(roll over) of an 18 
> wheeler which came very close to crushing me as I
> stayed in the cab and when 
> all was finished the roof of the cab was at seat
> cushion level. I was still 
> glad I was inside. My uncle was driving an 18
> wheeler and met another one 
> with a sleeping driver at the crest of a hill going
> the other direction in 
> the wrong lane.My uncle was wearing a seat beltand
> survived to drive another 
> day. Not so for the other people. On the other hand
> I ride motorcycles and 
> always have. And I want to distance myself from the
> bike if I go down(and I 
> have,hard, more than once). If the protection is
> there( as in the body of a 
> car) then use it. We are fragile and need all the
> protection we can get.
> 
> R. Giesbrecht
> 1972 Imperial
> 
>
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