rb@beesvax.UUCP (02/02/84)
This has been an interesting discussion on the safety of seat belts, but what about the cars that they are bolted to? I heard from my insurence agent that two Honda Civics were involved in similiar accidents on the same day. In those two accidents, both low speed broadsides, one girl was killed wearing her belt, another other girl escaped death because she was thrown from the vechicle. I too am an advocate of seat belts, however in the case of the Hondas, the vechicles were crushed around their potential occupants.
rmiller@ccvaxa.UUCP (02/09/84)
#R:beesvax:-25300:ccvaxa:4900027:000:610 ccvaxa!rmiller Feb 7 17:10:00 1984 the problem with saying that "in a crushable car you should not wear your seat belt so that you can be thrown out" is that you still have to arrange to get thrown out if you have an accident, and more, that you don't get thrown into something even worse (like a tree, another traffic lane, etc.). my father used to say, "never argue with anything bigger than you" whenever we had the choice of running out in front of a truck or waiting a bit longer. that is, quite unfortunately, the price we pay for driving small cars (and motorcycles and bicycles). the only solution is safer cars. uiucdcs!ccvaxa!rmiller