Re: SER1 To Seat Belt or Not To Seat Belt

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Diana,
I completed a First Responder course here in the US earlier this year=20
and would heartily agree to your observations on the benefits of seat=20
belts. The safety limitation of our old cars is that without a complete=20=

roll cage, the vehicles don't give much protection from being crumpled=20=

and folded in a severe shunt or a head on with a concrete abutment.
Wayne Perrin
Hollis, USA
On Wednesday, November 24, 2004, at 07:39  AM, Diana Alan wrote:

> To all you would be windscreen ornaments and kebabs looking for a=20
> steering wheel to be skewered upon.=A0 We only have to think about =
Lady=20
> Diana to understand that she and Dodi would still be alive if both had=20=

> been wearing seat belts.=A0
> =A0
> The security guard in the front passengers seat was the only one=20
> wearing a belt and was in the most damaged part of the car.=A0=A0He is=20=

> the=A0also the only one=A0still alive and that was an armoured =
Mercedes..
> =A0
> Diana=A0
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Forwyn@xxx.xxx
> To: series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
> Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 11:27 PM
> Subject: Re: SER1 To Seat Belt or Not To Seat Belt
>
> Hi Guys,
> =A0
> Have to admit to not following the seatbelts thread but quite agree=20
> with Martin that they're a good idea. I've just fitted them to our=A0'61=
=20
> 3.4 Jaguar and feel a lot happier driving with them, and of course for=20=

> Jaguars you can get the original 'period' type of belt still.
> =A0
> Another anecdote is that a 'friend of a friend'=A0died in an R Type=20
> Bentley when not wearing a belt. The coroner said that the car stood=20=

> up to the head-on collision very well, but the the lady passenger just=20=

> piled into the hard wooden dash and I think was killed outright; had=20=

> she been wearing a belt she would probably have been hardly injured.
> =A0
> Best wishes to all on that cheerful note !
> =A0
> Anthony

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Diana,

I completed a First Responder course here in the US earlier this year
and would heartily agree to your observations on the benefits of seat
belts. The safety limitation of our old cars is that without a
complete roll cage, the vehicles don't give much protection from being
crumpled and folded in a severe shunt or a head on with a concrete
abutment.

Wayne Perrin

Hollis, USA

On Wednesday, November 24, 2004, at 07:39  AM, Diana Alan wrote:


<excerpt>To all you would be windscreen ornaments and kebabs looking
for a steering wheel to be skewered upon.=A0 We only have to think about
Lady Diana to understand that she and Dodi would still be alive if
both had been wearing seat belts.=A0

=A0

The security guard in the front passengers seat was the only one
wearing a belt and was in the most damaged part of the car.=A0=A0He is
the=A0also the only one=A0still alive and that was an armoured =
Mercedes..

=A0

Diana=A0

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<bold>Sent:</bold> Wednesday, November 24, 2004 11:27 PM

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er>Hi
Guys,

=A0

Have to admit to not following the seatbelts thread but quite agree
with Martin that they're a good idea. I've just fitted them to our=A0'61
3.4 Jaguar and feel a lot happier driving with them, and of course for
Jaguars you can get the original 'period' type of belt still.

=A0

Another anecdote is that a 'friend of a friend'=A0died in an R Type
Bentley when not wearing a belt. The coroner said that the car stood
up to the head-on collision very well, but the the lady passenger just
piled into the hard wooden dash and I think was killed outright; had
she been wearing a belt she would probably have been hardly injured.

=A0

Best wishes to all on that cheerful note !

=A0

Anthony

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