I Just Saw a Man Die...........

[Whoopteedo]

I agree with you with your family driving in large vehicles. Unfortunatly, for the people in the smaller cars, getting hit by a big ass suburban usually means death.

It would be different if we all were in large vehicles. But some of us can't afford the gas or the SUV.

I guess the best way to try to protect yourself is to drive defensively and always have your eyes on the road ahead of you. But sometimes there just no preventing it.

 

[Longhorn85]

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When i have a family -- they're all driving big ass Suburbans. None of this deathtrap Ford Festiva crap.

-= nav =-

That's what my wife drives. I don't understand all of this anti-SUV liberal crap.

BTW, a chartered bus crashed on I35 south of WACO yesterday. It was a Church group. 7 dead.

 

[thebabydoc]

>Seatbelts...

80% of the fatalities in the US involved people WEARING seatbelts. A little fact car makers *don't* tell you.

Unfortunately airbags/seatbelts don't mean squat when metal and glass and steel start crushing you from all sides.

When i have a family -- they're all driving big ass Suburbans. None of this deathtrap Ford Festiva crap.

-= nav =-

That statistic means absolutely nothing. To be have any statistical relevance, you'd need to look at (#fatalities w/o seatbelts) over (#fatalities w/seatbelts) after controlling for accident types and utilizing the same number of accidents. Fact is, more people wear seatbelts than not.

As for Suburbans, I care the least, go ahead, crash into me- I drive a Hummer H1.

 

[Fast Twitch Fiber]

Damn, I saw some dude wipe out on his bike at 90 mph. He landed about 100 yards further down the road than his bike. When I drove by the police were covering his body with a sheet. The paper said the next day that he was drunk and stoned on meth. as well as traveling way too fast.

 

[HANSEL]

I cam upon a BAD Dirtbike collision out in the AZ desert some time ago. Must have just happened. one guy was laying there with his leg nearly wrapped around his head, others were trying to make him stay on the ground. Then I gandered at the other guy, He was off in some brush with some guys who clearly didnt know CPR trying to pump his chest and shit but it was too late. His face was SOOO dark, purple, he was defintely expired. He was soo young and thinking of the chain of events that it had on so many other lifes (within his circle of Friends and Fam)was unbelievable.

 

[hardrock]

Thats all pretty harsh. I remember a few years back this chick I knew came over to my bro's house. She was crying hysterically and we couldn't understand a word she said. Finally after she calmed down a bit, she told us that she had witnessed a car accident on the the highway, and that the vehicle next to her burst into flames with the person still inside. She said she could see the person screaming for their life through all the flames. All she could do is pull away to keep her car from going up. To say she was traumatized would be an understatement.

 

[Big Johnson]

Supernav, do you just make shit up, or what?

The risk of a fatal crash is 7 times greater when seatbelts are not used - fatalities occurred in 22 out of every 1,000 unbelted crashes compared to only 3 of every 1,000 when belts were used.

Thus, almost all cars on the road today are equipped with lap or lap/shoulder belts; the vast majority have the lap/shoulder combination. Studies indicate that, when worn, belts reduce therisks of death and serious injury by 50 percent or more. Although most people may not be familiar with the precise statistics, virtually everyone is aware that "seatbelts save lives, " as the publicity slogan put it years ago

Everyone except you, supernav.

 

[Beachbum1546]

i am a lifeguard at the beach where i live and i had a person drown in the ocean. i rescued him but he was not breathing. i gave CPR for 12 minutes and stopped b/c he had no pulse when i did the intial recue. it messed me up pretty bad for about a month.

my good friend is a lifeguard and he had a 9 yr old girl drown on his watch. he rescued her but she had already drowned. he acted really differently for about 2months. he was so depressed that he let someone die.

one thing most people dont know is that only 8% of CPR recipients survive

 

[takniteasy]

* If you see you're about to get into a wreck and you can't do nothing then *prepare for impact* -- ie: slam the brkaes and LOWER your body and head.

I gotta disagree with this. I have been in 2 accidents that were unavoidable and sustained pretty serious injuries because I "prepared for impact". Most people, including myself, who see impending impact instinctively TENSE up, which is the worst thing you can do, as your body will absorb more of the impact. It has happened to me twice and even the second time, I tensed up and braced for impact. If instinct could be overcome easily and one could go limp then they would "roll" with the impact much like a drunk does in an accident (who walks away with no injuries).

Just my opinion based on my personal experience.

 

[cure]

* If you see you're about to get into a wreck and you can't do nothing then *prepare for impact* -- ie: slam the brkaes and LOWER your body and head.

I gotta disagree with this. I have been in 2 accidents that were unavoidable and sustained pretty serious injuries because I "prepared for impact". Most people, including myself, who see impending impact instinctively TENSE up, which is the worst thing you can do, as your body will absorb more of the impact. It has happened to me twice and even the second time, I tensed up and braced for impact. If instinct could be overcome easily and one could go limp then they would "roll" with the impact much like a drunk does in an accident (who walks away with no injuries).

Just my opinion based on my personal experience.

depends on the impact. I just got into a major accident and i was prepared for it and i was alright with no injuries. My sis and girl did not see it coming and were slightly hurt...scratches, whiplash, leg injury and facial lacerations...