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From: beth@gymble.UUCP (Beth Katz)
Newsgroups: net.auto,net.flame,net.kids,net.singles
Subject: Re: Seat belts
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Date: Tue, 23-Apr-85 08:49:07 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr 23 08:49:07 1985
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Two months ago, my father was in an auto accident.  The car was totaled
(the other car ran into the driver's side door of my father's car), my
father's spleen was ruptured and was later removed, and all of the ribs
on his left side were fractured.  However, if he had not been wearing
his seat belt, he would be dead.  His insurance company (USAA) and others
provide additional benefits if you are injured in an auto accident and
were wearing your seat belt.  (By the way, my father is now doing much
better, is up and about, and wears his seat belt in his new car.)

As the sign leaving our campus says, "You may need your seltbelt only
once in your life, but when will that one time be?"

				Beth Katz
				{seismo,allegra}!umcp-cs!beth