Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxi.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!security!genrad!grkermit!masscomp!clyde!burl!we13!ihnp4!ihuxi!walsh From: walsh@ihuxi.UUCP Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Seatbelt discussion -- new twist Message-ID: <784@ihuxi.UUCP> Date: Fri, 27-Jan-84 16:33:53 EST Article-I.D.: ihuxi.784 Posted: Fri Jan 27 16:33:53 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 31-Jan-84 02:23:01 EST References: <93@whuxj.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 26 I've heard of two instances where NOT wearing a belt saved lives. (I am certainly not advocating not wearing seatbelts, however. Two out of hundreds is not much!) The first was my sister-in-law's sister. She had been a passenger in a car full of people (maybe five or six). There was a terrible accident (I can barely remember the details), and she was the only one thrown clear of the car. She was also the only one that survived, although she suffered a broken back, and is now recovered. The second was a tongue-in-cheek tale (maybe I read it in netnews?) of a guy whose car flew over the side of a cliff after he'd been thrown clear. He was ticketed for not wearing his seatbelt! (I think this was in Europe somewhere). These instances are certainly rare, and are not enough to convince me or any other informed person that seatbelts are not necessary. Anyone who has ever worked in a hospital or such knows only too well what the consequences of not wearing a seatbelt are. I'm sure that for every story like the two above, there are hundreds in which the cause of death or injury was being thrown from the car. B. Walsh P. S. - Another important safety act, besides buckling up, is locking the doors while driving. This also helps to prevent being thrown from the car.