Used it in one of our training exercises, to help us, emergency personnel, realize the amount of trauma patients are exposed to during MVA, patient packaging is very important so as to not cause additional harm.
At the very end of the video you can hear him say "Shhhit!" So maybe he didn't die- or at least he survived a little while.
Our up state NY school district has about 50 brand new buses and not one seat belt in sight. I put my 5 yr old on the bus every day. They have the high backs but no belts.
I believe you. He must've suffered a lot of head trauma and maybe he broke his neck bouncing around the back and through the window. Could've had massive internal bleeding too. I'm surprised there wasn't any blood in the car when he went through the window though. I do think he lived long enough to curse. I don't know why people drive when they're that tired, or don't wear seatbelts.
Good call. My first thought was that he hadn't slept all night, but if so he'd probably be driving in the early, AM or just after sunset- yet it looked like it was full daylight out. Also he seemed to have more of a dazed "heyyyy maaaaaan" look to him than actual sleepiness. If he was fighting off sleep, his hands would be glued to the wheel, he wouldn't have one arm around an invisible girlfriend. He seemed way too relaxed and indifferent. I think he drifted into the righthand median, bounced off- that's where he gets slightly concerned, but still not enough for two hands... then over-corrected and flipped his vehicle. (The camera is also flipping, so it looks like he's inexplicably bouncing around, but he's actually tumbling.) He probably would've been okay if he didn't make that dramatic turn to try to immediately get back in his lane.
Darwinism is the gift that keeps on giving. You don't want to wear a seatbelt? Cool with me. You're just adding solvency days to Social Security.
Yup. Folks feel they need to put on a seatbelt on an airplane when that's not going to do anything other than keep your crispy body in your seat when they need to identify the whereabouts of the various (100%) bodies in the crash. But folks won't wear a seatbelt in a car when most of the time it'll save your life or prevent major injury. Happy folks don't wear seat belts but hopeful they haven't procreated yet. Lean out the heard. Love seeing folks in CT not wearing helmets on motorcycles, also pray they haven't procreated yet too. _
They don't call them donorcycles for nothing. In 1952 there were 7.2 deaths per 100 million miles driven in the US. Seat belts that fastened and restrained above the waist were almost non-existent at the point. In 2012 there were 1.12 deaths per 100 million miles driven. Seat belts that fasten and restrain above the waist are mandatory at this point and almost all cars have them. If you look at the statistics closely it's clear that over the shoulder seat belts prevent many deaths each year. As to school buses, the likelihood of a fatality in a traffic accident is directly related to how badly each of the vehicles is damaged and what the disposition of the passengers is during and after the accident. The typical fatality in a school bus accident is the driver of the other vehicle that was involved in the accident, the second most likely fatality is a passenger in that vehicle, the third most likely is the school bus driver or a front seat passenger in the school bus. The worst school bus accidents in the US were a head-on collision with a pickup truck that killed 27 occupants of the school bus when the buses gas tank ruptured and ignited (MADD was born out of this accident), a school bus that went off a bridge and landed in the Big Sandy River where 27 people drowned and a school bus that was hit by a train killing 24 of the occupants. In each case at least a third of the passengers survived Anybody who is ejected from a vehicle during a traffic accident has a very high chance of dying in the process. Anybody who comes in direct contact with the opposing vehicle has a very high chance of dying in the process. Anybody who has a primary component of the vehicle like the engine or steering wheel come in contact with them has a very high chance of dying in the process. Here's the CDC brief about the impact of seat belts on traffic fatalities. This isn't the Chamber of Commerce it's the Centers for Disease Control. http://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/seatbeltbrief/
just read this. no one saying anything yet as to what the medical incident was. what type of incident does a 21 yr old have while driving to work which required going to a hospital? i'm even more curious now..
It was right in your posted link why school buses do not need seat belts. Completely separate issue from wearing seat belts in a car.
One of my good friends is alive thanks to one. She needed a partial spleen replacement or she was going to die in three days. On day two, someone riding a motorcycle died and matched her blood type. Thanks motorcycles! My buses had seatbelts on them (I graduated high school in 2006). And if you don't wear one in a car, you are pretty stupid and a darwin award waiting to happen.
Kids today don't think twice about putting on seat belts, which is a good thing. And it's not because of the warning bell, it's pretty much second nature to them. At least what I've observed. _
