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Originally Posted by FlamingRectumSyndrome
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.
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Once when I was in television I covered a single car accident involving a brand new Mustang being driven by a college student. The car had gone off the road and ended up rolling over gently onto its side in the grass. By the time I got there it was back on its wheels. It had a big dent in the door and was a little scraped up on that side, but otherwise the car was in amazingly good shape. I'm pretty sure you could have driven it home.
You could have, but not the driver. That big dent in the door was caused by his head. When the car tilted gently over, it dumped him face first into the ground, where his head somehow ended up under the car.
Because he wasn't wearing a seat belt.