Seatbelts Save Lives

[pecunium]

Which is something I am sure you all know (and if not, you can read all about it here, but for a really well written account of how it works in practice, Paul Cornell lawys it out with praise for wives, paramedics and the Ford Focus.

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[tenderberry.livejournal.com]

I remember when cars had no seat belts - 8 mos old being dumped on the car floor & my mother hit the windshield(my first long term memory) 12 yrs old - dashboard to my throat -16 yrs old rolled the family station wagon- 2 sisters in the back seat - one was thrown out the window - fortunately it was rolled down - there was one seat belt in the back - but neither was using it - bruises only - no cuts form all the shattered glass or anything else pure luck I would think -
- became a seatbelt freak when my daughter was born - still drive a 27 yr old car w/ no airbags - did survive being broadsided in that car- and wonder if I'm one of those folks to slight to survive being whacked by an airbag - good to know about the dust released upon deployment - didn't know about that -

Paul captured that daze one goes into after a shock like that - and he's revised my opinion of Fords - at least the Ford Focus -

[pecunium.livejournal.com]

I recall those cars too, lots of time spent kneeling on the bench back seat, watching the other cars go by.

But when I was eight my mother bought a '67 Saab, and it had seatbelts, and I liked to pretend I was a pilot; since pilots had to strap themselves in, I did; anytime I was in a car which had them.

I'm slight, but I'm not worried about that aspect. I figure it means I'll be further back, and so the energy won't be so bad. Better a hard knock, and then release, than trying to stuff the steering column up my gut.