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[adamsfence]

Originally Posted by ShadMan

What if you're driving 70 down the freeway and someone just lightly sideswipes you on your right side, sending you into the passenger seat? How many people will you kill by not wearing your seatbelt? I've seen this exact situation happen...just pure stupidity. Go volunteer at the VFD and ride on an ambulance for a few days and you'll start wearing your seatbelt, I assure you. There's nothing worse than having to pick up someone's head 50 feet from their body because they weren't wearing a seatbelt...except maybe for having to inform their next of kin that they died in an accident that shouldn't have caused more than a few bumps and bruises.

i was on the vfd for 6 years and i have seen what can happen on both sides. i have also seen people get thrown and that is the only reason they are alive they would have been crushed........im not saying its right im just saying that is just something else they are telling us we have to do. just should be a choice not forced..........i assure you i know what happens at these wrecks. This is the reason i am no longer on the fire dept.

[Zachary Boy]

Originally Posted by adamsfence

i was on the vfd for 6 years and i have seen what can happen on both sides. i have also seen people get thrown and that is the only reason they are alive they would have been crushed........im not saying its right im just saying that is just something else they are telling us we have to do. just should be a choice not forced..........i assure you i know what happens at these wrecks. This is the reason i am no longer on the fire dept.

I served as a paramedic with B.R.F.D for 4 years and I never saw anyone that survived an accident because they were thrown from the vehicle. That's fuzzy math...

[Asterisk-Rich]

Originally Posted by Zachary Boy

I served as a paramedic with B.R.F.D for 4 years and I never saw anyone that survived an accident because they were thrown from the vehicle. That's fuzzy math...

i actually know 2 people that would have died if they would have had their seatbelt on...i still wear mine

[ShadMan]

Originally Posted by Asterisk-Rich

i actually know 2 people that would have died if they would have had their seatbelt on.

Any time someone says this, it is purely speculation. Your chance of surviving just about ANY type of accident is increased exponentially by having a seatbelt on. I can think of a couple types of accidents where a seatbelt may be detrimental, but those types of accidents are extremely rare. If your driving style makes it more likely for you to drive off into a lake than to rear-end another vehicle, perhaps you shouldn't wear a seatbelt (or drive, for that matter).