"'Curly Q. Links'" <motsco__@interbaun.com> wrote in message
news:4515619E.BF4E9E64@interbaun.com...
> 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
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> 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'

Agreed. Fortunately I'm a loyal seat belt wearer. One occasion was about
15 years ago - falling asleep behind the wheel with the seatbelt on. If it
wasn't for the seatbelt I may not be here today. Fortunately it was a
single car accident and no one else was in the car and no one was hurt. Car
was totalled.

-Dave