Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site floyd.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!floyd!wgg From: wgg@floyd.UUCP (Bill Graves) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Seat Belts Message-ID: <2040@floyd.UUCP> Date: Fri, 27-Jan-84 17:04:22 EST Article-I.D.: floyd.2040 Posted: Fri Jan 27 17:04:22 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 31-Jan-84 02:16:34 EST Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Whippany NJ Lines: 19 I couldn't be a stronger believer in belts. I first installed belts in both my cars in 1959. You had to order them and do it yourself then. I haven't been without them since. During that period, I have known of several people who weren't wearing belts and were either badly hurt or killed. Of the people I know of who were wearing belts, and were in accidents, there were no fatalities, although you might have expected some, and several who came off with bruises when you might have expected severe injuries. Most recently, just before Thanksgiving, a couple who are among our closest friends were involved in a head-on in Maine, in which the other driver was killed instantly. My friends survived, even though the entire front end of their van was caved in. I consider the statement "Thank God I wasn't wearing a belt, so I was thrown clear." to be spurious. I have only heard it from people I didn't know, so I can't vouch for the truth of it. Myself, I'll stick with the belt. Bill Graves (floyd!wgg)