Me to are glad you are basically OK. No doubt, seat belts are life savers.
Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) > -----Original Message----- > From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 20. mars 2006 09:35 > To: [email protected] > Subject: CRASH! Always Wear Your Seat Belt ... > > I was slowly driving to a friend's house up in the Berkeley Hills. A > woman, seemingly impaired in some way, drove into my lane and crashed > head-on into me. She wasn't wearing her seat belt, and was driven to the > hospital by an ambulance. She's badly bruised as her head went into the > windshield. > > The medics looked me over, checked pulse and blood pressure (both were > highly elevated), checked my reflexes and coordination, and felt that I > was > OK, but offered to take me to the hospital just in case. I declined. > > A friend drove up to meet me to give me a ride down to his house, where we > had dinner, and after which I came home. I felt good enough to walk at a > brisk pace to his car, which was at the end of the street. The street was > closed to through traffic for a while. I may be a little sore around my > shoulders tomorrow. I was wearing my seatbelt and shoulder harness. I can > still feel where the shoulder harness pressed against my chest as it held > me securely. > > Always wear your seatbelt. You will never know where or when an accident > can happen - it can even happen on a peaceful, sunny, Sunday afternoon, on > a quiet street. Be careful out there ... > > Shel > > >
