I just bought a new cart. The dealer did not push for seat belts in fact his tone and manner left me with the impression that he was not impressed with them as a safety feature....nor am I. I am more inclined to believe a 3 point system is much better than just a lap belt.
In any event my wife would feel more secure and so I had the dealer add seat belts...seat belts that she actually uses.
As to accident in general and the accident which created this thread in particular let me say this.
Call it fate. call it a miracle. call it luck but I inspected wrecked vehicles for many years. Some so twisted you can't tell their cars but just a hunk of metal and people walked away without a scratch. Some hardly damaged and a person or people died.
I've investigated accidents were people were thrown from their cars and died from the impact and some but for the fact that they were thrown from the vehicle and not still in it that would have been crushed like a bug and again walked away without a scratch. I've seen some folks with seat belts on that faced death and were glad they had their seat belts on and some who were injured because they had worn seat belts..One guy whose tractor trailer overturned was hanging by his seat belt and because of that damaged his spin and was totally paralyzed
|