[DeTomaso] 'Racing' Safety

[Rob Dumoulin]

Art,

I had a similar experience when I was 18 when my V-8 Monza got T-boned by a
full-sized truck. I was unconscious for 3 days and had a concussion for
what seemed to be a year but if I were wearing a seat belt, I would have
been dead. I resisted wearing seat belts until the law said I need to and
statistically, I'm better off wearing one......but I'm more aware of going
into intersections now. Side impacts can be deadly when you are restrained.

On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 1:17 PM, Art Stephens <artstephens at verizon.net>wrote:

>     In my case, I think I was fortunate to be wearing a typical 3 point
> seat/shoulder belt. The driver's side of my car was crushed but the
> passenger side was not. I think the shoulder strap allowed my upper body to
> lay over in the passenger side whereas the 4 point harness would not have.
> I
> think there is a pretty good chance I would have been killed or paralyzed
> if
> I had the four point harness on with no roll bar, which I did not have. So,
> no harnesses for me unless I have a roll bar. Oh and by the way, as Jack
> said, I came out pretty much unscathed for such a bad accident. I had a
> concussion, several broken ribs and a punctured lung. The broken ribs and
> punctured lung were no fun! The removal of the chest tube was the worst
> pain
> I ever experienced. On a scale of one to ten, it was about a 14.  :-]]
>
> Art
>
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