Strokermjcomanche Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Good friend and former coworker of mine lost his 19 year old son this morning . I admittedly don't wear my seatbelt sometimes, but this will change that ... http://wkbn.com/2017/09/17/niles-rollover-crash-leaves-1-dead-3-with-serious-injuries/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOrnbrod Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 16 minutes ago, Strokermjcomanche said: I admittedly don't wear my seatbelt sometimes, but this will change that ... It's sad something like this has to happen before we commit to wearing seat belts. Then a month or two later we go back to our old ways of not wearing them anymore. I know I'm guilty.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strokermjcomanche Posted September 17, 2017 Author Share Posted September 17, 2017 It's not that I don't want to wear my seatbelt , it's not restricting , or a struggle to put on .I just forget to put it on after the drive through/ in a rush etc . He was a good kid and didn't deserve to go out like that , I really feel bad for his father that now has to bury his 19 year old son and live with grief the rest of his life ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 that's awful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeeppapa Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 The loss of a child is the worst news a person could ever get. That pretty much goes without saying. The news leave us speechless. We imagine our selves in the position of those parents and our soul cringes at the thought and we push it out of our minds. My father retired from GM. He was working there when seat belts were becoming mandatory on cars. He saw the industrial films GM put out regarding seatbelt safety. To drive home the point they were quit graphic. Dad wouldn't leave the driveway without seat belts being buckled and he started that in 1969 or 68. The point of the story is I learned from him. Not just by his wards but his actions. Kids learn what they see. For a lot of us it's not a thought, it pure muscle memory. We sit in the seat and hands immediately go for the belts. Our children and grand children see and mimic our actions. So if your a big guy and belts are uncomfortable think about getting an extension. If the shoulder harness chafes your neck get a pad for it. In the past I kept an extension in the car for my friends so they would put on seat belts, it worked. When people say to me I don't believe in seat belts. I say would you like your grand kids not to ware one? That stubborn logic is a killer and it has taken many lives. The facts are that if your in a serious reck your chances of death increase by 63%with out your belt on. That is a fact from the (National Highway Transportation Safety Administration) it is not an opinion. The little ones that we love learn by watching what we do. If we buckle they will too. If we don't at some point and time, and it could years into the future, they won't buckle. Good and bad they follow the example we set. Every time we get behind the wheel it's a roll of dice. When we don't buckle we increase the chance of being on the other side of the dirt by 63% and 17% of us don't do it. It's a variable that we can control. By setting the example of not buckling we pass that increased risk on to the ones who look up to us for guidance. Eventually they will do what we do. I lost loved ones because they didn't wear seat belts. I'm sure allot of us have had that same experience. Expect the unexpected because it can and will happen. None of us are immune to that. If you think your are immune then your living in a fantasy world that looks like the inside of a coffin. I apologize for the highjacking of this thread but the subject matter couldn't be more important. Thanks for letting me share my thoughts and it is just that only my thoughts. I'm done. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeeppapa Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 I don't know this young man but my thoughts and prayers go out him and his family. That's the only thing that I can do but I believe in some way it may help. God be with them in they're time if need. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dzimm Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Sorry for the loss. This is very sad to hear. We lost a kid a few years older than me in a rollover crash, back when I was a freshman in high school. He wasn't wearing his seat belt and was ejected as well. It definitely is eery having a young life lost so unexpectedly. It's not supposed to happen that way. I hope the other 3 make it out okay and have learned a valuable lesson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnj92131 Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Hard lesson to learn. My uncle was killed in 1968 - tossed out of his truck in a 30 mph collision, his head hit the black top. Didn't learn enough from that. About a year later, wife's sister was thrown into the windshield at a very low speed accident. No serious harm, but that got us to use our seat belts 100% of the time. Also trained our children to do that. My son and a friend roll his mom's Escort while in High School Both of them walked away from the upside down, now totaled car. When we went to the tow yard to get our stuff out of the car we saw another car not as badly smashed up as the Escort - Young girl driver died in it. No seat belt used. Use your seat belts people - make it a habit. You never know who's life you may save. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ωhm Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Buckle up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87MJTIM Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 I rolled a car in college. Driving with my girlfriend (now wife) at night on a twisting road. Driving faster than I should. Road made a sudden turn; I jerked the wheel, the car slid sideways off the road and made slow roll on to the roof. Neither one of us were scratched. Not wearing seat belts. After that experience, I DO NOT ride in a car without having one on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strokermjcomanche Posted September 20, 2017 Author Share Posted September 20, 2017 Thanks for all the responses. I'll going to the funeral on the 24th and the benefit that some friends are having to help with the expenses. I really hate this type of funeral the most , not saying that there are any good ones either , what do you say ? Well he lived a good life .... he's not suffering... I guess it'll be my condolences.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeeppapa Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 I was 21 making a trip from KC to Dallas. My girlfriends dad told me to do 55 through Malissa TX because the town had annexed part of the HYW to run speed traps. It was 2am when we hit Melissa. Hardly anyone on the HWY. I was doing the speed limit 55 in the fast lane. All the sudden the car lurched and went into a side skid towards the median. I felt the car go into a roll. We rolled three times across the median and landed upside down in the in coming traffic I was upside in the set watching a semis lights coming rite at me. His breaks were locked up and smoke rolling out of his tires. Luckily he stopped with about 15 feet to spare. If he hadn't we would have been hit again and surely died that night. With help we both crawled out of the Datsun Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvusse Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 When I was 18 I took a car airborne across an intersection, THROUGH a telephone pole, and then minus the rear axle across the road into the the left side ditch. 6 people in the car including myself, nobody wore their seat belt, no injuries other than a bloody nose. (The car was a different story). I figure I will only ever hit the jackpot once in my life, and that was it. I have been wearing it religiously ever since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tactical Bacon Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 That's sad to hear. My thoughts are with the family. I've worn my seatbelt religiously since I started driving and evidenced by my latest forum topic, they certainly work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nodrama43 Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Old thread.....but in 2009 an idiot ran a red light and totaled the brand new Ford Expedition I was driving, the Dodge pickup he was driving, and did another 10,000 in damage to another truck. Had I not been wearing my seatbelt I probably wouldn’t be typing this. In my career I saw a bunch of folks that were not as lucky as me. It is a simple act that can be the difference between death.....and survival. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeeppapa Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Old thread but always relevant. Some times the smallest things, that split second decision, are the difference between life and death. That we all know. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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