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From: kpmartin@watmath.UUCP (Kevin Martin)
Newsgroups: net.auto,net.flame,net.kids,net.singles
Subject: Re: Seat belts
Message-ID: <14037@watmath.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 21-Apr-85 09:57:47 EST
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Posted: Sun Apr 21 09:57:47 1985
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Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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Summary: 

>Being thrown out of a vehicle is
>25-40 times more lethal.  That is why motorcycle accidents are so
>dangerous -- the riders are nearly always thrown from their cycles.
>Belts can prevent you from being crushed by your own car or scraped
>along the pavement.
Of course, because of the 'crushed by your vehicle' problem, once you
lose control of the motorcycle, you want to be as far from it as
you can get. So if you really don't want to wear a seat belt while
driving your car, maybe you should wear a helmet and motorcycle
leathers instead. But you may then find your car sorely lacking
in headroom (and you would look pretty silly too :-)).
                          Kevin Martin, UofW Software Development Group