The chance that you will be killed or seriously harmed because of
wearing a seatbelt in your car is far smaller than that the seatbelt
will save your life. Wear them at all times.
When you flip over, it will be just your bad luck.
Kees Oudesluijs
NL
Simon Lachlan wrote:
> Agreed.
> Simon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: healeys-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Alan Seigrist
> Sent: 07 May 2010 14:56
> To: Ken Taplin
> Cc: healeys@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] seat belts
>
> Ken -
>
> A tractor and an Austin Healey are two completely different animals. I
> think you would be very hard pressed, unless you were racing, to flip an
> Austin Healey even if you had a failure in the drive train.
>
> With all the metal windows, dash, and a spear for a steering column (of
> which I have a friend killed by a solid column when he wasn't wearing his
> seatbelt in his Land Rover), I'd have to say yes, on the chance you roll
> snake eyes you'll roll over and have a 50/50 shot of getting killed, but
> there's the other 35 combinations of two dice which says wearing a seat belt
> is probably a good idea for staying alive & keeping your front teeth.
>
> Alan
>
> '52 A90
> '53 BN1
> '59 Jag Mk IX
> '64 BJ8
>
>
> On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 9:21 PM, Ken Taplin <ktaplin1934@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>> I have maintained for years that it is at least imprudent if not actually
>> dangerous to belt yourself into a vehicle that does not have rollover
>> protection. I recently aquired a tractor with a seat belt and a rollover
>> protective stucture. One of the many warnig labels on this tractor
>> says...DO
>> NOT use seat belt if this structure is not in place.
>> I feel vindicated.
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