Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihu1g.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!we13!ihnp4!ihu1g!fish From: fish@ihu1g.UUCP (Bob Fishell) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Seatbelt discussion -- new twist Message-ID: <175@ihu1g.UUCP> Date: Mon, 30-Jan-84 18:12:05 EST Article-I.D.: ihu1g.175 Posted: Mon Jan 30 18:12:05 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 5-Feb-84 12:05:03 EST References: <93@whuxj.UUCP>, <150@ihu1h.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 18 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. -- Bob Fishell ihnp4!ihu1g!fish