quote:Originally posted by bluetoelover: Tiny Dave, tell the police officers and paramedics that when they are scraping you off the pavement or out of the ditch...
If I flip my jeep over or somebody t bones me I,m dead anyway and on the older jeeps the driver seat sits on top of the gas tank so the seat belt will just help me burn alive in a crash.
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do you think it's 'cool' to not wear a seatbelt or something?
you never wear a regular shirt when driving?
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I'm 21 and have only ever known wearing a seatbelt when in a car! If the back passenger doesn't wear one and there is a crash, they'll way 10x more than normal and crush the person in front.
Drivers can be killed by hitting their steering wheel in a collision, the impact snaps the ribcage which punctures vital organs such as the lung or heart.
Alot of poles where I live these days and I rarely see them wear a seatbelt, different culture i suppose.
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If this doesn't make you think about wearing a seat belt, then nothing will.
Do you know what happens in the first fatal second after a car going 55 MPH hits a solid object?
* In the first 10th of a second, the front bumper and grille collapse. * The second 10th finds the hood crumbling, rising and striking the windshield as the spinning rear wheels lift from the ground. Simultaneously, fenders begin wrapping themselves around the solid object. Although the car’s frame has been halted, the rest of the car is still going 55 MPH. Instinct causes the driver to stiffen his legs against the crash, and they snap at the knee joint. * During the third 10th of the second, the steering wheel starts to disintegrate and the steering column aims for the driver’s chest. * The fourth 10th of the second finds two feet of the car’s front end wrecked, while the rear end still moves at 35 mph. The driver’s body is still traveling at 55 mph. * In the fifth 10th of a second, the driver is impaled on the steering column, and blood rushes into his lungs. * The sixth 10th of a second, the impact has built up to the point that the driver’s feet are ripped out of the tightly laced shoes. The brake pedal breaks off. The car frame buckles in the middle. The driver’s head smashes into the windshield as the rear wheels, still spinning, fall back to earth. * In the seventh 10th of the second, hinges rip loose, doors fly open and the seats break free, striking the driver from behind. The seat striking the driver does not bother him because he is already dead. * The last three 10ths of the second mean nothing to the driver. (Georgia State Paramedics Against Drunk Drivers
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