Had a foster daughter get ejected and died at the scene. Her BF was belted in. No injuries. She drove like a bat out of hell and never wore a belt unless she was rinding with me, and even then it was a psychological battle of the wills to enforcement. So it is a personal crusade of mine.
In other news has my first MRI today. Was not expecting to get so hot. They gave me a disk of images. Looks like I have 3 herniated disks. Official news to come. I hear most radiology is done in India these days. Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 30, 2019, at 2:54 PM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > > Saw that in the paper. Yeah, I remember the whole seat belt arguments. We > will get trapped in a burning car. One of the best ones were that said they > might need to bail out if the car was going over a cliff. I always look to > see if fatal wrecks involve ejection, they frequently do. No way to take > advantage of a century of auto safety improvements if you don’t stay inside > the fricken car. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Aug 30, 2019, at 2:34 PM, Craig Baird <cr...@xpressweb.com> wrote: >> >> Came across a similar thing last Sunday. Drove past a wreck where a pickup >> truck was upside-down about 100 feet off the highway. Later found out that >> there were three vehicles in a line. Second vehicle was a U-Haul. Last >> vehicle was this pickup. The pickup pulled out to pass. While it was >> along-side the U-Haul, the U-Haul pulled out to pass as well. Guessing the >> driver didn't check his mirror. The pickup veered off the road to avoid the >> U-Haul hitting it. Problem was the shoulder was about three feet wide, and >> then a 30 foot embankment. The pickup flipped a number of times and ended >> up on the roof. There were five people in the pickup. Two in front, and >> three in back. All three in the back seat were without seat belts. All >> three were ejected. Two were life-flighted and the third was killed. Front >> seat occupants were wearing seat belts and walked away with just bumps and >> scratches. Didn't even go to the hospital. It's odd that back when I was a >> kid, and they were talking about making a mandatory seat belt law, there >> were lots of people up in arms over it. One of the common reasons I heard >> was "If you're in a rollover, you're better off being ejected." Ummm... no. >> >> People who don't wear seat belts are either stupid or suicidal. >> >> Incidentally, they're still looking for the U-Haul driver, who didn't even >> stop. They're assuming he was unaware of what was going on to the side and >> behind him. In addition to wearing your seat belt, always be sure to check >> your mirror before you pull out to pass. >> >> Craig >> >> >>> On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 11:55 AM dave via AF <af@af.afmug.com> wrote: >>> +100% >>> >>> >>>> On 8/30/19 11:56 AM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote: >>>> I developed the habit when I was first learning to fly when I was 17 years >>>> old. >>>> I feel naked if I don’t click that seat belt. >>>> >>>> From: Sterling Jacobson >>>> Sent: Friday, August 30, 2019 10:51 AM >>>> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group >>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT saw a wreck yesterday >>>> >>>> Wow. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> My kids get on my case if I’m not wearing mine, so we’re good here, but >>>> man that is scary. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of ch...@wbmfg.com >>>> Sent: Friday, August 30, 2019 9:58 AM >>>> To: af@af.afmug.com >>>> Subject: [AFMUG] OT saw a wreck yesterday >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Supervising the use of a large Vermeer Rock Wheel yesterday, heard a noise >>>> from the street, looked over and saw a minivan >>>> airborne. Rotating in all possible axes (axes is the proper plural of >>>> axis, I actually looked it up). Watching for people to come flying out >>>> of the vehicle, I was dialing 911 while trying to cross a very busy >>>> street. Van came to a rest on its side. A man and his daughter came >>>> climbing out the back window. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Superficial scratches. Shaken up, but largely unharmed. They had mounted >>>> the curb and hit a fire hydrant. The hydrant came to rest half way from >>>> where it was originally and where the car came to rest. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Quite a scene normally seen in movies. End over end, spinning and >>>> rolling. It must have been 6’ off the ground when I first saw it. >>>> >>>> I feared the worst. For a time I was an EMT when I was young. Glad to >>>> have had the training, did not like being an EMT. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I would say seat belts saved them from certain critical injury and most >>>> likely death. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Hope everyone always wears their seat belts. >>>> >>>> My wife is still with me due to wearing hers. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> AF mailing list >>>> AF@af.afmug.com >>>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> AF@af.afmug.com >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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