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From: koved@umcp-cs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: mandatory seatbelt laws
Message-ID: <4875@umcp-cs.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 24-Jan-84 18:18:32 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 24 18:18:32 1984
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For the non-believers:

A while back, a car was driving down my street (going too fast), 
and lost control.  After hitting a large object, it *bounced* 
past a couple of houses, finally smashing into the car parked
in the driveway next door (otherwise it would have been in my brother's
bedroom).  At some point during the car's flight, the person in
the *death* seat FLEW OUT of the car and went sailing into the
side of my house.  It sounded like a sofa being dropped from several
feet in the air.  To say the least, he was not in good condition.
He most likely never recovered...last I heard, he was still in the
hospital, unconscious.  Had he been wearing a seatbelt, he may have
survived with the other 3 people in the car.  Fortunately this happened
relatively late at night, otherwise children would have been outside
playing and would have been hurt or killed.  The flying person could
also have seriously hurt or killed someone if they were standing in
his path.  It was a very sobering experience.

Larry