random "fakt" 27 "Fifty-eight percent of those killed weren't wearing seat belts, a source of frustration for NHTSA administrator Jeffrey Runge, whose emphasis on seat belt use helped achieve a record use rate of 79 percent last year. " watch some medical shows based in real hospitals, look at what happens when a "truck" (SUV) full of people come in thats been in some kind of accident and half of them were wearing seatbelts. You can pick who was and who wasnt generally by the number of medical people around them and if the person is moving or not. one I saw had a group of 6 teenagers who had been out galavanting around the desert (fair enough thats fun no argument with that) when they rolled the thing half with half without belts. The worst injury to a seatbelt wearer was a sprained wrist and sombody had a few stiches. one guy without was ejected through the windscreen, the others were thrown about inside the vehicle (thats where the seatbelted person needed their stiches from) they had broken knees, arms, necks. The guy who was ejected got off lightly and just had big chunks of skin ripped off his face and upper body. now when you have people smart enough to wear seatbelts without it being a legal requirement then i'll aggree you dont need to regulate it. -----Original Message----- From: pic microcontroller discussion list [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Philip Stortz Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 9:03 AM To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Subject: Re: [OT]: detecting emergency vehicles. Radar fools & Red light cams ---------- -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads