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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
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Posted: Fri Jan 27 17:04:22 1984
Date-Received: Tue, 31-Jan-84 02:16:34 EST
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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)