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Originally Posted by SentraSE-R
I was a volunteer fireman. The maimed and mangled bodies we attended to never included Frank's friends.
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Same here: Volunteer Fire/EMS (vehicle extrication specialized) and a paid Ambulance service in a large district in SE Ohio. My assigned rig at the paid EMS service was generally the first dispatched on "MVAs". Having had I-70 run through both departments increased the accident rate compared to other agencies. Coal truck hauling on switchback, mountainous roads proved dangerous as well. Having also worked in a Trauma Center / ER in the KC Metro Area has shown the exact same situation in a variety of vehicle contexts.
Seriously, belts are the simplest form of safety, and in my informal poll of survival rate, post incident or DOA, there's
NO argument. Maybe it takes seeing that kind of graphic detail of trauma to the human body to get the point across.
In this case, there's a line between "civil disobedience" and "ignorance".
Again, we're not going to change opinions of the closed-minded. I often wonder why I try.
RH77