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From: fish@ihu1g.UUCP (Bob Fishell)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Seatbelt discussion -- new twist
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Date: Mon, 30-Jan-84 18:12:05 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 30 18:12:05 1984
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Anybody who thinks not wearing a seatbelt is safer than wearing one is
full of sh*t.  I got hit head-on a few years back by a punk in a Grand
Prix, who'd lost control of his car, donea half-doughnut in the middle
of the street, and slammed into my '72 Pinto BACKWARDS at a good 30 mph.
My car was knocked back about 20 feet, spun around almost 270 degrees,
and resembled one of Mr. T's beer cans by the time it came to rest.
Although I had to kick my way out of the car with both feet, I walked
away from the crash, sustaining only bruises to my arms, and to my
thighs where the seat belt cut into me.  If I hadn't been wearing the
belt, I have no doubt whatsoever that I'd have been killed or seriously
injured.  These days, I don't even move my car from one parking space to
another without my seat belt on.  Mandating their installation in cars is
the best thing the government has ever done to reduce highway carnage.  It's
just too bad that more peole don't wear them.
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                               Bob Fishell
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