[Spridgets] Why I wear seatbelts...

WeslakeMonza1330 at aol.com WeslakeMonza1330 at aol.com
Mon Nov 17 13:57:42 MST 2008


I had a friend who always wore his seatbelt and in fact the first thing he  
said when you got in his car (front or rear) was not 'hello' but 'have you  
fastened your seat belt'.
 
One day he went to a late night party.  I forget whether he was the  driver 
or the passenger but anyway they stopped because one of them was tired,  driver 
and front seat passenger swapped places and they drove on.  The  road was icy 
and the car spun and left the road.  My friend had forgotten  to put on his 
seat belt for the first time in his life and it cost him his life  that very 
evening (early hours of the morning).
 
My experience with seat belts saving my life have both been with barrell  
rolls.  One with a 4 point harness, the other with a lap and  diagonal.  Guess 
which belt set ensured I had a ride to the hospital in  an ambulance with a 
suspected fractured skull.
 
My Sprite has a roll bar, with FIA padding and the seat is a good bucket  
seat with a 6 point harness.  The pasenger seat has a head rest and good  sports 
seat with a 6 point head rest.
 
YMMV but I hope not.
 
Weslake-Monza 1330
 
 
In a message dated 17/11/2008 19:46:48 GMT Standard Time,  
robertduquette at sympatico.ca writes:

I always  wear my seatbelt now.


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