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Originally Posted by Tromatic
A vital part of surviving even something that violent is staying in the seat in the car. I'm willing to bet would have survived had he stayed in the car.
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Possibly so. I worked in emergency rooms for 15 years as a respiratory therapist, it was routine to have police officers in the ER interviewing patients after an accident, and they'd always ask about seat belt use. It never ceased to amaze me how many people still believed that it was better to be "thrown clear of the wreckage" rather than be belted into their cars- as if they'd be ejected and land on a big fat pile of mattresses and pillows that somehow happened to be laying along the roadside.
The truth was that in a rollover, many occupants DID end up being ejected out the window- right up to their waist. There generally wasn't any point in bringing them to the ER, as there wasn't much of anything left above the belt that was worth saving.
Wear your seat belt, people.