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Re: [T3] Ron Smiths Wild Ride


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	Oh dear.  I'm so glad he's (relatively) all right.

SUV doing 55-65ish. He hit the car in front then rolled. His chest type belt
didnt hold him and it shot him out tward the back. The seat poped off the
rails and he flopped around in the car a bit. He suffered a fractured neck


If he was slammed from behind, his seatbelt probably had very little to do with anything. What happens is the car suddenly gets shot forward upon impact... which means the seat gets slammed forward, and the poor guy's body all of a sudden isn't going as fast as the accelerated car. The seat mounts aren't strong enough to accelerate him, so they fail, and the car keeps shooting forward without him.

	Did he have shoulder-only belts with no lap belts?

Beetles can eject drivers out the rear window when hit hard enough from behind. :(

-Greg

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