Query on seatbelts
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From: Noddy on 13 Jun 2010 11:23 <OzOne(a)Crackerbox-Palace.com> wrote in message news:1tm816hr4743b3i34e3ki5a2af9j17j319(a)4ax.com... > While you're at it, lets take away crash helmets for riders, > airbags,ABS,Stability control systems, demisters,and radial ply tyres. Sure, but only if we took away your life support system first. -- Regards, Noddy.
From: Scotty on 13 Jun 2010 16:47 "Noddy" <me(a)home.com> wrote in message news:4c14f6f5$0$56574$c30e37c6(a)exi-reader.telstra.net... : : That may be so in some cases, but just because I happen to feel that the : choice to wear one should be up to the individual doesn't mean I don't care : about anyone else. For the record, I think seat belts are a good idea and : thoroughly recommend that people wear them. I just think the *choice* to : wear one or not should be up to the individual. : : -- : Regards, : Noddy. : And if you where driving here? Still want the people in the back to have the choise of buckling up or not? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4Cvg_j7hsE&feature=related
From: OzOne on 13 Jun 2010 18:56 On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 17:48:12 +1000, jonz <fj40(a)deisel.com> wrote: >On 6/13/2010 2:12 PM, OzOne(a)Crackerbox-Palace.com wrote: >> On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 09:56:45 +1000, Doug Jewell >> <ask(a)and.maybe.ill.tell.you> wrote: >> >>> D Walford wrote: >>>> On 12/06/2010 7:56 AM, Doug Jewell wrote: >>>>> OzOne(a)Crackerbox-Palace.com wrote: >>>>>> On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 21:15:22 +1000, "Milton"<millame23(a)yahoo.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> It's incredible the amount of serious injuries caused to persons in >>>>>>> an accident (especially head-ons) from wearing seatbelts. Whilst I >>>>>>> agree it's safer to still wear them than not, I believe it would be >>>>>>> safer if seatbelts were at least another inch wider. The amount of >>>>>>> pressure on the body points would be reduced substantially. There >>>>>>> have been cases where the belt has actually cut people to the point >>>>>>> that their stomach intestines have come through the cut. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I just don't believe the current belts are wide enough to give safer >>>>>>> protection to the body. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Cheers >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Milton >>>>>> >>>>>> Perfectly safe if worn properly. >>>>>> Operator error causes most injuries. >>>>> That's why racing cars all have lap-sash seat belts the same as fitted >>>>> to passenger vehicles. >>>> >>>> A racing harness may be better at restraining people in vehicles but >>>> they aren't very practical and in some circumstances could be considered >>>> dangerous in a road car. >>>> Mate used to have them in his road registered Clubman but took them out >>>> because you were strapped in so tight you couldn't move enough to allow >>>> you to see the traffic in certain circumstances. >>> You're 100% right of course, but if lap-sash belts were >>> "perfectly safe" as ozone claimed, they'd be good enough for >>> race cars as well. >> >> >> Oh here we go again!!! >> Better show where I said that a LAP SASH belt was perfectly safe! >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > right here :- > Perfectly safe if worn properly. >Operator error causes most injuries. Excellent.....You're finally learning to read. :) OzOne of the three twins I welcome you to Crackerbox Palace.
From: OzOne on 13 Jun 2010 18:57 On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:42:58 +1000, "Blue Heeler" <osd351(a)gmail.com> wrote: >OzOne(a)Crackerbox-Palace.com wrote: > >> > >> > Not my fault, I voted for you. >> > >> And he won by a landslide...... >> >> > >Mostly from the ground shifting beneath your feet. That swhifting is your drunken swaying. OzOne of the three twins I welcome you to Crackerbox Palace.
From: jonz on 13 Jun 2010 21:17
On 6/14/2010 6:47 AM, Scotty wrote: > "Noddy"<me(a)home.com> wrote in message news:4c14f6f5$0$56574$c30e37c6(a)exi-reader.telstra.net... > : > : That may be so in some cases, but just because I happen to feel that the > : choice to wear one should be up to the individual doesn't mean I don't care > : about anyone else. For the record, I think seat belts are a good idea and > : thoroughly recommend that people wear them. I just think the *choice* to > : wear one or not should be up to the individual. > : > : -- > : Regards, > : Noddy. > : > > And if you where driving here? Still want the people in the back to have the choise of buckling up > or not? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ he will find some weasel words to justify his POV................*excellent* clip...... > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4Cvg_j7hsE&feature=related > > -- jonz "Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea - massive, difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind - boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it." - Gene Spafford,1992 |