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From: hosking@convexs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Seat Belts (2nd attempt at posting)
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Date: Fri, 2-Aug-85 06:22:00 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug  2 06:22:00 1985
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>         Also  a  person  wearing  a seatbelt would be unlikely to have
>         suffered head injuries.

Guess again.  It  might seem  that way,  but you'd  be surprised what
sort of head injuries can occur, even  when you're  wearing your seat
belt.    If  you're  at all  tall, your  head can  easily get smashed
against  the  roof.    Suffice it  to say  that there  are some nasty
surprises lurking above the padding of many car roofs.  My mother got
hit by a drunk a few years ago while she was  stopped at  a stop sign
on a nice "quiet" residential street.  Despite the fact  that she was
wearing full belts, I don't think you'd want  to see  the pictures of
the resulting head injuries.  Seat belts usually help to REDUCE THE
EXTENT of head injuries, but they by no means PREVENT them.

			Doug Hosking
			Convex Computer Corp.
			Richardson, TX
			{allegra, ihnp4, uiucdcs}!convex!hosking