[Spridgets] Why I wear seatbelts...

[Kathryn Bales]

In the first, I was about 18, and my date was bringing me home from an 
evening of bowling.  We stopped for a railroad crossing, and a new T 
Bird stopped behind us.  A drunk rear ended the Bird, and knocked us 
into the path of the train. We dove for the open rear window and, when 
the passenger compartment was demolished, we were sitting on the hood of 
the T Bird.

In the second, I was going through a green light when I saw a '64 Dodge 
approaching from my left at a very high rate of speed.  Other traffic 
prevented evasive action, so I moved to the passenger seat and steered 
from there. He hit me square in the driver's door and the impact broke 
the frame on the driver's side, and bent the frame on the passenger 
side.  Witnesses said that my driver's side wheels were 3' off the 
ground. My left leg was pinned by the steering wheel, but I walked 
away.  Not far, I'll confess, but at least I walked.

Kate
>  "I've  been in two bad ones that would have killed me had I been
> wearing a 
> belt."