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Originally Posted by alantf
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Originally Posted by alanmcorcoran
I'm not in favor of helmet or seatbelt laws
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In 1992 I had an accident. A truck pulled out of a side road, straight across the road, in front of me. I braked hard, & was doing , probably, 20 MPH when I hit his rear wheel. This was in the days before air bags, but I WAS wearing a seat belt. All it did was help to injure me. My head hit the steering wheel and the belt itself dislocated one of my ribs. I've still got the lump in my chest, after nearly 20 years, where the bone grew round the dislocation. I reckon the main thing that saved me from further injury wasn't the seat belt, but the crumple zone that deformed the whole front end of the car, up to the windscreen.  |
Don't misunderstand me - I'm not anti-safety devices, I'm anti giving the government the right to take my money, time and liberty if I choose not to use them. I've heard lots of anecdotal evidence against seatbelts, but I think on the whole, you're in better shape if you use one than if you don't.