If You Are Driving, Please Wear Your Seatbelt

[mgilmer]

Very sad story that could have been mitigated by seatbelts.

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[canopynut66]

Very sad story that could have been mitigated by seatbelts.

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Very sad indeed seen that this morning news. pray all the others recover.

 

[disneymarie]

Not long ago a Dis member lost her younger brother in a crash not wearing a seat belt. How we need to remember, take the moment. I was in law enforcement for 18 years. Only one time did I unbuckle a deceased person from their belt, a high speed crash vs a tree. The young man a co-workers son had a broken neck.

But, I can not even begin to count the numermous fatalities from people being thrown from their vehicles. Also, when air bags started, I would see some scraps and bumps from the bag, but no truma to the head, face and chest.

That is one of my anxieties of traveling by car to Disney, the many miles on the highway and unknowns.
Be safe my friends.

 

[maxiesmom]

I can't believe people still don't wear seatbelts. I am so used to mine that I feel uncomfortable in the car if I don't have it on. I have to wear it.

Such a horrible shame.

 

[Phil'sFrontier]

A local girl around my age(30) became paralyzed because of her choice to not wear her seatbelt.

 

[aubriee]

A local girl around my age(30) became paralyzed because of her choice to not wear her seatbelt.

A couple of years ago we lost a coworker who was coming to work one night without wearing a seat belt. He left a three y/o son, a seven y/o daughter, and a wife who was seven months pregnant. I just don't understand people's choices sometimes. This guy had been working alot of overtime trying to get ready for the new baby and fell asleep at the wheel.

Clicking that seat belt is just a habit with me: open car door, sit down, put on seat belt, crank car, lock car door, open garage door, and back up. The seat belt is always on, before I even crank the car.

 

[kerplop]

Clicking that seat belt is just a habit with me: open car door, sit down, put on seat belt, crank car, lock car door, open garage door, and back up. The seat belt is always on, before I even crank the car.

Same here, I don't even think about it most of the time. In fact I've been known to sit in the car waiting for someone and put mine on out of habit.

 

[goofy4tink]

My dd is just about to get her drivers license..she's a bit late at almost 18, but it is what it is. In any case, I was talking to one of the driver's ed instructers last spring. He told me how sad it makes him (not to mention angry), when he arrives at the high school, to pick up a behind the wheel student, and sees former students hopping into cars, and not buckling up. Drives him nuts. He is a former state trooper...so it really hits home.

I know that my dd has been taught that you don't even turn the key until that seat belt is on...never ever. It only takes a second to do. On the other hand, it only takes a second to lose your life.

 

[leebee]

BIL's cousin became a paraplegic at age 17 because she didn't put on her seatbelt. You'd think the lesson would have been learned, but two years later his 20yr. old niece sustained serious head, neck, and back injuries because she, too, chose not to buckle up. I feel fortunate that my own DD17 is rabid about seatbelt use... she won't even sit in a parked car in a parking lot without her seatbelt on.

 

[1971DBday]

Keep this sad reminder that we should all where our seat belts at all times! My sister's in-laws almost lost two of the daughters when they had to many people in the van so they were not wearing their seat belts. When they were hit by a drunk driver they were sent through the windshield and they found them down the road in the grass from the impact. They have some issues still today, but otherwise are blessed to be leading a normal teenage life. They were the lucky ones.

 

[cassie]

My town just lost a new graduate going to her first day of a new job. It seems she was missing the exit, lost control, flipped over the barrier to on coming traffic and slid into a SUV. No seat belt and she was ejected. She was only 18 and left a small town in mourning. No seat belt and in-experience was to blame.

 

[Inkmahm]

Not long ago a Dis member lost her younger brother in a crash not wearing a seat belt. How we need to remember, take the moment. I was in law enforcement for 18 years. Only one time did I unbuckle a deceased person from their belt, a high speed crash vs a tree. The young man a co-workers son had a broken neck.

But, I can not even begin to count the numermous fatalities from people being thrown from their vehicles. Also, when air bags started, I would see some scraps and bumps from the bag, but no truma to the head, face and chest.

That is one of my anxieties of traveling by car to Disney, the many miles on the highway and unknowns.
Be safe my friends.

Thank you for your post. I started wearing my seatbelt in 1979 after a fellow college student friend of mine was in a head-on accident and survived. I promised him I'd start to wear my seatbelt to be safe, and I did. I have ever since. I've never been in a very bad accident but I'm prepared if I ever am. One of the things I look for on cars I buy is good safety equipment. I paid extra for side airbags on my 300M and they came standard with my current Charger. We may not be able to avoid accidents, but we certainly can be prepared as much as possible.

It's good reinforcement to hear things like you only having to unbuckle one dead person in 18 years while many others died from being thrown from their cars. Seatbelts are important.

 

[ruadisneyfan2]

This is so sad. Tragically, this happens up & down 95 often.
I work in xray in a large Phila trauma center that is also the regional spinal cord injury center. (Well, now working in mammography but did trauma for 9+ yrs.) Way too many sad cases. I'd just lose it when the family comes in falling down crying.
It's part of the reason for my anxiety in a car & why I can't grasp why people would prefer to drive to WDW just to save $200, even $500. No thanks. I feel perfectly safe in a plane. To each his own. Pilots aren't trying to race, show off, tailgate, speed, etc.

 

[leebee]

This is so sad. Tragically, this happens up & down 95 often.
I work in xray in a large Phila trauma center that is also the regional spinal cord injury center. (Well, now working in mammography but did trauma for 9+ yrs.) Way too many sad cases. I'd just lose it when the family comes in falling down crying.
It's part of the reason for my anxiety in a car & why I can't grasp why people would prefer to drive to WDW just to save $200, even $500. No thanks. I feel perfectly safe in a plane. To each his own. Pilots aren't trying to race, show off, tailgate, speed, etc.

I always worry when friends decide they are going to drive through the night to get to WDW sooner and maximize vacation time. All night driving is just plain dangerous, and it doesn't matter if you are sharing the driving. Human biorhythms are set to "downgrade" after 1-2am. No amount of napping or cups of coffee are going to keep you as alert as you need to be when driving on the highway in the wee small hours of the morning. The 3-6am timeframe is just too unsafe for me! Even if you think you are fine, you have NO IDEA of what's going through the heads of other drivers... why take the chance?

 

[maxiesmom]

I always worry when friends decide they are going to drive through the night to get to WDW sooner and maximize vacation time. All night driving is just plain dangerous, and it doesn't matter if you are sharing the driving. Human biorhythms are set to "downgrade" after 1-2am. No amount of napping or cups of coffee are going to keep you as alert as you need to be when driving on the highway in the wee small hours of the morning. The 3-6am timeframe is just too unsafe for me! Even if you think you are fine, you have NO IDEA of what's going through the heads of other drivers... why take the chance?

I agree with you. However even on the Dis you will find posters who swear up and down that they are fine, and having cup or 4 of coffee is all you need to stay awake and alert. It scares me!

 

[aubriee]

I always worry when friends decide they are going to drive through the night to get to WDW sooner and maximize vacation time. All night driving is just plain dangerous, and it doesn't matter if you are sharing the driving. Human biorhythms are set to "downgrade" after 1-2am. No amount of napping or cups of coffee are going to keep you as alert as you need to be when driving on the highway in the wee small hours of the morning. The 3-6am timeframe is just too unsafe for me! Even if you think you are fine, you have NO IDEA of what's going through the heads of other drivers... why take the chance?

While I agree with you about having no idea about the other drivers, it would not be true in relation to some people like myself. I have worked 11pm-7am for over thirteen years. That is my normal schedule. I have a really hard time staying awake at WDW in the afternoon and evening because that's my normal sleep time. Then again I get frustrated, because no matter what time I eat dinner down there, I know I'm going to wake up at 2:00am wanting to eat, because that is my normal dinner time. Even on vacation my body knows when it's time to sleep and when it's time to eat. It's biorhythms don't change just because I'm on vacation for a week or off work for a few nights. No matter how exhausted I may be after doing the parks down there all day, I guarantee you I'm wide awake at 2:00am. I'd be more dangerous driving 3:00pm-9:00pm. Thanks goodness I fly though, because as you said you never know about the other drivers on the road.

 

[norrodh]

While I agree with you about having no idea about the other drivers, it would not be true in relation to some people like myself. I have worked 11pm-7am for over thirteen years. That is my normal schedule. I have a really hard time staying awake at WDW in the afternoon and evening because that's my normal sleep time. Then again I get frustrated, because no matter what time I eat dinner down there, I know I'm going to wake up at 2:00am wanting to eat, because that is my normal dinner time. Even on vacation my body knows when it's time to sleep and when it's time to eat. It's biorhythms don't change just because I'm on vacation for a week or off work for a few nights. No matter how exhausted I may be after doing the parks down there all day, I guarantee you I'm wide awake at 2:00am. I'd be more dangerous driving 3:00pm-9:00pm. Thanks goodness I fly though, because as you said you never know about the other drivers on the road.

The same thing here, I am better driving at night as I am a night owl and also a Disney bus driver that drives at night. I would rather drive at night as it is cooler and not as much traffic but also because I am more tired in the morning and afternoon. The sun also makes me tired. Thank God there are those of us who feel better driving at night cus at least it makes people feel better that their drivers at night are not sleepy! lol! I agree with the seatbelts though and wish more people would use them!!

 

[CdnKayDee]

It is hard to understand not wearing a seatbelt. I dont move the van unless everyone is buckled up and it has been a long time sense I had to tell someone to buckle up.
Also seatbelts do more then protect you in a crash they also limit your movement in the seat for your own protection this goes double for the driver.