Two other points in favour of seat belts:
one, I can personally vouch for the value of a seat belt in keeping control
of the car and avoiding an collision., with my backside securely in the
seat I was able to undertake some prety drastic maneuvering and avoid a
messy collision with a concrete wall. The only thing keeping me in the
seat that day was the seatbelt.
Two: being "thrown clear" is only one alternative, the other alternative is
being thrown about the interior of the vehicle. A recent crash on the
highways up here resulted in 7 deaths when the teenagers in a SUV were all
thrown forward in a head on collision with a drunk driver. Being thrown
about the interior of the vehicle is, IMHO more likely. I don't know about
A'as & B's, but in my MK 1 Midget most of my lower body is beneath the
dash, and I kinda think if I get "thrown clear" it's going to have to be
without my legs, or at least with them bending in the wrong direction.
My sister is a physiotherapist, one of her patients was a human vegetable,
why? Because he didn't quite get thrown clear, instead the door popped
open, and his feet got stuck. His head did a creditable imitation of a
rubber ball across the pavement.
Me, I have three point belts in the Mk1, and the shoulder belt is snug,
I'll ride it out in the cockpit with a few hundred lbs of metal around me,
rather than risk being thrown into a tree, wall, oncoming traffic, or 300
ft down the cliff (I drive a lot of mountain roads).
Greg
At 10:24 PM 9/8/97 -0400, terry bettinger wrote:
>Seat belts are VERY important!!! I'm the lucky guy that is still here
>and wrote that article in the July-August addition of the OCTAGON called
>the Kiss of An Eighteen Wheeler.
>Buckle Up
>Terry
>78 MGB
>79 MGB
>One for each foot.Nina Barton wrote:
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>> >UM, does anyone drive a LBC WITHOUT a fire extinguisher???!!!
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>> And on a similar note, I hope that everyone wears a seatbelt when
>> driving.
>> Even if your car did not have one as standard for its year, I feel it
>> is an
>> essential piece of safety equipment, and should not be frowned upon,
>> even
>> in a concours car!!
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