Remember to buckle up!

[ubet]

My wife and I were between fernly and lovelock, nv Sunday night. I was driving and saw lights in my lane, and my wife said something the sametime it clicked that headlights in MY lane on a freeway is NOT a good thing. I slammed the breaks and got stopped. Long story short, their was an accident, passenger of one of the vehicles was thrown out the window (she had been asleep and not wearing her belt). She had cuts across her stomach, and blood running out of her eyes. Her husband had a completely crushed ankle.

When I came up on her, I thought she was dead, the car she was in stopped rolling 2" from her (she was in front of the bumper). We put all of our coats on her to try and keep her warm, and I sat there held her hand and talked to her for 1 hour before any paramedic arrived. They will both be fine, just gonna be awhile.

Remember when you are out traveling for these holidays, life is short and precious, PLEASE WEAR YOUR SEATBELT!

 

[jrassy]

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good point! two weeks ago an old lady pulled out on me at an intersection,all i could do was hit the brakes on my work van and hit the center meridian doing about 55 mph.That flipped the van onto the passenger side,and left me hanging by my seatbelt in the drivers seat,unhurt.Toataled the van and tools were destroyed in the back,but not me.Be safe this Holiday season!

 

[gathert]

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I had a friend push a convertible mustang a little too fast and he hit a curb. He got shot out the back window as the car was flipping and the car landed on top of him once it caught up to where he was thrown. His friend in the passenger seat was fine because he was wearing a seatbelt and he could not lift the car off of the guy that got crushed because he was the only one at the scene for a little bit. The guy had already died from being crushed by the time his friend could get out to help. WEAR YOUR SEATBELT, please.

 

[Rookie]

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Worked a wreck the other night where the driver hit the center median head on without his seatbelt on. Airbag crushed his face. Wear your seatbelt!!

 

[dbateman]

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Wow glad you are ok .

I hope the others have a speedy recovery .

 

[Fritz24]

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Been wearing mine religiously since before it was law - just always seemed sensible. Great advice - and unsettling story!

 

[Queequeg]

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I read once that the three smartest things one can due to prolong one's life is 1) quit smoking, 2) wear your seat belt and 3) lose weight.

I have accomplished the first two...

 

[noahmercy]

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Yup, I do even in parking lots (or should I say <span style="font-style: italic">especially</span> in parking lots). My mom would be dead if she didn't wear hers, and several family members wouldn't be here today either.

I hate to hear idiots who rant about how they don't wear one because "the government isn't going to tell me what to do...it's my choice!" It takes about three seconds and can save you from being a vegetable, paraplegic, or dead. How freakin' hard is it to realize it's a good idea and make it <span style="font-style: italic">your</span> choice?

 

[Bedlam]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Noah Mercy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I hate to hear idiots who rant about how they don't wear one because "the government isn't going to tell me what to do...it's my choice!"</div></div>

I've never heard that before. When I ask people who don't buckle up in my car why they didn't, 100% of the time the answer is related to them being too lazy or forgetful to do it.

 

[spaniel]

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When I was 17 years old, I was driving on a gravel road. I came over a hill and a grader had graded the road up to the top of the hill, then turned around at the top for some reason. So the road went from hardpack to loose sand in an instant. The car fishtailed, and the left from tire blew. Combining relative inexperience with a blown steering/drive tire anchoring into loose dirt, I lost control of the car. I managed to keep it on the road long enough to clear the treeline but then went off the left side of the road and the car rolled as it hit the edge. I think it rolled 5 or six times before it stopped. I had three buddies in the car with me. The two in the backseat were buckled in; one had a slight concussion from hitting his head on the sidewall but the other was fine. I was fine. The passenger in the front, however, had removed his seatbelt at some point after I started driving. When the car rolled and smashed the passenger side window, he was ejected out of it. Lucky for him, the car rolled OVER him without touching him. He ended up with a chipped femur and a broken jaw, drinking from a straw for several weeks.

The worst moment of my life was when the car came to rest and I yelled to see if everyone was ok, and he did not respond, and I saw that empty seat. Then when we found him curled up in the grass not knowing how badly he was hurt.

To this day my father blasts seat belts because my mom's aunt was killed because she was wearing one...freak things happen but odds are greatly in your favor by wearing one. I feel naked without one.

 

[snave58]

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I will take my chances wearing one that it will save me and not kill me. lots of scary stories out there. dont be stupid!

 

[The Mechanic]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Rookie</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Worked a wreck the other night where the driver hit the center median head on without his seatbelt on. Airbag crushed his face. Wear your seatbelt!!</div></div>
Major malfunction. Air bag IS NOT supposed to deploy with seatbelt unbuckled.

 

[dohnuts58]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: The Mechanic</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Rookie</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Worked a wreck the other night where the driver hit the center median head on without his seatbelt on. Airbag crushed his face. Wear your seatbelt!!</div></div>
Major malfunction. Air bag IS NOT supposed to deploy with seatbelt unbuckled. </div></div>

Some older vehicles do not have the interlock to stop such from occurring. Saw an older Ford Astrovan with exactly this. Guy left the road right in front of of a building and hit a power line pole, skipped/slid over the bag and hit the side of the building. It was a firehouse, which was empty due to brush fires. All of this at the only access road to a catholic high school, at the end of the school day.

 

[mexicanmatch]

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I have a standing rule. You buckle up when I am driving or you walk, no exceptions. MM

 

[i_Adam_i18]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mexican match</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I have a standing rule. You buckle up when I am driving or you walk, no exceptions. MM </div></div>

I agree 100% and this is why

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Like a human wrecking ball.

 

[168BTHPM]

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[ubet]

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ATH,

When I was in college, some guys were in a 4 door chevy going fishing and were driving down a dirt road. I forget now what had happened, but they ended up rolling the truck the three that were buckled in were fine. The fourth though, was the driver and wasnt wearing his seatbelt. The truck had ejected him out the window, and when everything had came to a stop, he was caught in the truck, with his body folded so his spine was touching his legs with the pickup on him. It was a sad day.

Two friends of mine that were brothers, one day in High School, they were headed to a friends house for super one evening and the older brother was going way to fast. The younger brother wasnt buckled up and the truck rolled, he was ejected out of the third window, when everything came to a hault, the pickup bedrail was crushing down on his. He lived but has a lot of problems still, it was a horrible thing.

 

[akmike]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: ATH</div><div class="ubbcode-body">When I was 17 years old, I was driving on a gravel road. I came over a hill and a grader had graded the road up to the top of the hill, then turned around at the top for some reason. So the road went from hardpack to loose sand in an instant. The car fishtailed, and the left from tire blew. Combining relative inexperience with a blown steering/drive tire anchoring into loose dirt, I lost control of the car. I managed to keep it on the road long enough to clear the treeline but then went off the left side of the road and the car rolled as it hit the edge. I think it rolled 5 or six times before it stopped. I had three buddies in the car with me. The two in the backseat were buckled in; one had a slight concussion from hitting his head on the sidewall but the other was fine. I was fine. The passenger in the front, however, had removed his seatbelt at some point after I started driving. When the car rolled and smashed the passenger side window, he was ejected out of it. Lucky for him, the car rolled OVER him without touching him. He ended up with a chipped femur and a broken jaw, drinking from a straw for several weeks.

The worst moment of my life was when the car came to rest and I yelled to see if everyone was ok, and he did not respond, and I saw that empty seat. Then when we found him curled up in the grass not knowing how badly he was hurt.

To this day my father blasts seat belts because my mom's aunt was killed because she was wearing one...freak things happen but odds are greatly in your favor by wearing one. I feel naked without one. </div></div>

Sounds like a very similar to the accident that my middle son had about 4 1/2 years ago. Driving down a county road,got distracted and drifted across to the other lane,overcorrected and LF tire blew out which tripped his rig onto the roof. Broke his neck but would probabley be dead if he wasn't wearing his seatbelt.

 

[Crash97]

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Wearing a seatbelt is an absolute given for my family and I, no question.
The thing that get's me, is seeing a motorcyclist buzzing down the road not wearing a helmet. <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="text-decoration: underline">WTF?!?!?</span></span>
Living on the Washington/Idaho border you see this crap daily (Idaho has no helmet law).

No helmet = fast track to retard/vegetable state in a wreck at the least

 

[FALex]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Crash97</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Wearing a seatbelt is an absolute given for my family and I, no question.
The thing that get's me, is seeing a motorcyclist buzzing down the road not wearing a helmet. <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="text-decoration: underline">WTF?!?!?</span></span>
Living on the Washington/Idaho border you see this crap daily (Idaho has no helmet law).

No helmet = fast track to retard/vegetable state in a wreck at the least </div></div>


trust me, brother, I can't fathom this shit. The funniest part is that Idaho drivers are the worst drivers on the planet, and then you have these wizards without helmets. I drive a tractor-trailer loaded with Darwin Awards to hand out to these apex idiots.