OT--Wear Your Seatbelt!
As officials, we do A LOT of driving during the season. Some long distances in bad weather, and often late at night.
I wasn't on the way to a game tonight, but I got in a car accident, and all four of us having seatbelts on certainly saved us from more serious injuries. Don't forget to wear your seatbelts on the road! |
Sorry to hear that, but glad you are OK. I was in a car accident too earlier and these things sometimes are out of your control. Again glad you are in OK, cars can be replaced.
Peace |
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Seatbelts Save Lives ...
I was involved in a head-on collision while on my way to a game about thirty years ago. Back then, Connecticut did not have a mandatory seat belt law, and I wasn't wearing one. Upon impact I went over, and to the right, of the steering wheel, and ended up smashing against the dashboard, with my head halfway through the windshield.
I was in the hospital a few days. After leaving the hospital I went to retrieve my personal belongings from my totaled car. The steering wheel was buried against the driver's seat. No air bags back then. If I had been wearing a seatbelt, my chest would have been crushed by the steering wheel, and I probably wouldn't have survived the crash. That was a one in a million situation, one in which wearing a seatbelt would have resulted in a situation far worse than not wearing a seatbelt. I fully realize that I was very lucky that day, that the situation was a one in a million, and now I wear my seatbelt very time I get behind the wheel. |
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