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>>>>>>>My life was saved because I WASN'T wearing a seat belt. I had an accident when I was about 17, where a woman ran a stop sign and totalled the van I was driving. I don't know if I went out the windshielf or the door, because it knocked me out. But, I was thrown into the street and ultimately on the curb, while the van flipped over about three times and wound up wrapped around a tree. My parents came to the accident site after I had already been transported to the hospital, and my mother said she just knew I was either mangled or dead. All I had was scraped knees and a little bout with shock.
>>>>>>>I can tell you without fear of contridiction, I wouldn't want to try that again, and if I had been wearing a seat belt, I would not be here today!
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>>>>>>Of course an exception is not proof that the rule is wrong. Injuries sustained to passengers not wearing safety belts are, on the average, worse then those who are wearing safety belts.
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>>>>>>But I read an interesting thing the other day. The enforcement of the safety belt requirement has not solved the overall problem of car related injuries. It seems that drivers wearing their safety belts feel safer and thus generally drive faster which causes more pedestrian accidents and injuries. Go figure...
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>>>>>It was on the UK news recently that wearing a cycling helmet isn't all that safe. It turns out that drivers give helmet-wearing cyclists less berth and generally less consideration cos they subconciously deem tham more expert. Go figure!
>>>>I always cycle naked. They give me plenty of room .
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>>>Watch out for those tailpipes, mate.
>>Years ago my nephew (then aged about 3) walked straight into a tailpipe (exhaust) and has a circular scar on his forehead.
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>The Mark of Zoltan! Is it permanent? he could always get a job on SG1 as a G'aould (or whatever they're called)