Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!harpo!decvax!decwrl!daemon From: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Seatbelt discussion -- new twist Message-ID: <5382@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Thu, 2-Feb-84 08:03:49 EST Article-I.D.: decwrl.5382 Posted: Thu Feb 2 08:03:49 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 8-Feb-84 07:37:47 EST Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Western Research Lab, Los Altos, CA Lines: 22 From: roll::megna (Fred Megna HL01-1/P06) Yes, I definitely aggre that it is better to wear seatbelts than not to wear them. As far as TRYING to hold yourself back with your hands, this is impossible. 1st of all most accidents happen so quickly that there isn't time to put your hands up !! and 2ndly even if you did have time to brace yourself with your hands (which I have tried) the force exerted on your arms by your body will will generally break them (which happened to me). Actually it's better to do nothing and just kinda bounce off things inside the car, provided you stay in the car (think about all those drunk drivers who get in head on accidents and kill 3 or 4 people and live to tell about it !! Now I'm not advocating driving drunk. I don't want to tell anyone how to live his life but, think of the people you might leave behind. Fred Megna Digital Equipment Corp. 75 Reed Rd. Hudson, Ma. 01749 HL01-1/P06