Michael Pardee wrote:
>
> Just venting among friends...
>
> I think I'm preaching to the choir, but I wanted to remind everybody to
> buckle up. Earlier this week a relative was involved in an auto accident
> with her 7 year old daughter in the passenger seat. She rear-ended a truck
> at an undetermined speed (in town). The belted daughter was unhurt but the
> unbelted driver plunged forward onto the steering wheel, which grievously
> injured her liver. How she survived long enough to get to the hospital is a
> mystery, but she is now recovering. Her chances of survival are estimated
> around 75% - although she could suddenly bleed to death anytime in the next
> few months. She is not conscious yet. When she does regain consciousness she
> won't be happy to learn she must not sit up for many months (details are a
> little vague.) If all goes well she should fully recover in a year.
>
> I've been a seat belt fanatic since two of my brothers emerged unhurt from
> separate roll-overs back in the 70s. I am saddened and shocked when people
> don't buckle up. I just get so tired of seeing senseless tragedy.
>
> Mike

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We visit a friend who is permanently in a wheelchair. She has minimal
use of her hands too. She rear-ended a car at about 20 MPH, and it was
on a rare day when she wasn't using her seatbelt. Her neck is broken.

Seat belts can hurt like hell when you get in a major accident (like
cart-wheeling a volvo), but that passes in a few days. Dead is forever.

'Curly'