why you should wear your seatbelt.

Sean_Brinston · Posted: Mar 01, 2003 7:18 pm Post subject: why you should wear your seatbelt.

On friday at the end of first period our high school of 2800 learned that 5 students had died in an accident that morning. The accident suposedly had achohol, illegal drugs and no seatbelts involved. As i walked down the halls in the school during class change almost everyone was crying. 35 grief counsellers were brought in and the schools largest gym had to be used for counsellers to talk to students. I have never seen so many sad people but yet so many people brought together. The moral i guess is to not be somehow intoxicated and drive and always buckel up.
Peace sean

Dragonlady8 · Guest

I believe the moral should be Don't do drugs. Yes alcohol is a drug

Sean_Brinston · Posted: Mar 01, 2003 7:33 pm Post subject:

Very true Phantom, anyways everyone stay safe

BoardC3 · Soul Rider Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Posts: 380 City: Ithaca, NY

A similar thing happened in my high school in the beginning of this year, but it was a group of 5 people there was no alcohol or drugs and 4 of them had seatbelts on. The one without the seatbelt died and other than that there were only very minor cuts. I think that that gets the point of seatbelts across better. But im very sorry that happened i remember how horrible it was when it was only one person here.

DaveBrowning · Posted: Mar 01, 2003 8:22 pm Post subject:

Sean, I'm glad you posted this. Maybe it'll get the point across... let's hope. I'm very sorry to hear what happened. Everyone wear your seat belt!! Wink

x2xwakegurlx2x · Guest

i was always brought up to wear a seat belt, so its a habbit for me when i get into a car to put it on------dont drink and drive!!! or do drugs------there bad!!!!!!

Jello John · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 1936

Why do some people choose not to wear their seatbelts anyway? It just seems so stupid.

quigglymaster · Posted: Mar 01, 2003 10:58 pm Post subject:

they may just think it's stupid or something or they're just too lazy. i dont' know. but ppl r stupid a lot fo the time. i've been ina couple accidents and if i didn't ahve my seat belt on, i would have gone through the windshield, but i just got some whiplash.

back in my old town, there was a lil kid who was riding on his mom's lap while she was driving. she was wearing the seatblet, but he wasn't and they t-boned a guy on a back road and he went brain dead and she just got like a sprained ankle and seat belt burn. so there's another accident where not wearing a seat belt ended up in death

jumalian · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 7625 City: san diego

"Don't do drugs. Yes alcohol is a drug."

I don't think that's the moral. The moral is, be responsible. You can drink and be responsible, and still be a good person. Alcohol doesn't kill people...people kill people.

nick e[V]ans · Posted: Mar 02, 2003 1:39 am Post subject:

yeh jumalian that is so true, i dont think one person in this post so far has not at some point consumed alcohol, myself included. its just about being responsible when you do use it for example not driving. thats so bad sean, did u know any of them personally?
peace out

Dragonlady8 · Guest

So the moral instead is " Be responsible when you use illegal drugs?" or " Don't be stupid and take responsiblility if you use drugs?" and always remember to buckle up. Rolling Eyes

I also forgot to include be the part about being extra careful especially if you're under aged. Shocked

Captain_Tripps · Soul Rider Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 260 City: Dallas

I think all of you are missing it.

"Don't drink and drive"

otiswunguy · Addict Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 871 City: Sammamish

young drivers are more likely to crash because of careless or reckless driving habits. was the accident caused because of alcohol? or were they driving careless and happened to have alcohol on them? still sad they didn't buckle up.

x2xwakegurlx2x · Guest

captain tripps- i said that, i heard that like 22% of drivers are teens, and like 35% accidents are caused by teens (numbers are off, not exact, couldnt remember them exactly, but you get the point)

Bill Y Bob · Posted: Mar 02, 2003 8:42 am Post subject:

And don't drive if you are really tired. My school's debate team was going to California for a tournament and on the way back, they were driving when it was really late. Well, the driver fell asleep and most of the kids were not wearing seatbelts because they were tired. When they rolled over 5 times, 2 kids died and one of them was critically injured.

jumalian · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 7625 City: san diego

Phantom,

Fact of the matter is, people DO use illegal drugs. Marijuana? That's still illegal, right? Well, you can't tell people not to use it. It's not your place and none of your business. BUT...you can ask them to be responsible if/when they use it. When they go out on the road loaded on marijuana, then it becomes your business as it is endangering your lives and others. The message isn't don't do drugs and/or alcohol. (as far as I read, anyway)

By the way, I don't smoke pot.

Aubs · Motorboat Queen Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 9167

sorry sean ~ in the past 3 years at our high school we've lost 7 kids to drunk driving..

Dragonlady8 · Guest

and your point to me Jumalian is ??????? I believe what occured was the irresponsibility that lead to the casualties.
Not my business if you got drunk and/or wasted nor did I imply it was. Personally if that's you choice of death so be it. Apparently it couldn't have impair the thought process into not putting on the seat belts either, would it?

BillJ · Posted: Mar 02, 2003 11:56 pm Post subject:

Today's San Diego Union-Tribune had a story about 3 friends that have had their lives destroyed because they chose to drink and drive. Two of the guys had been in trouble in the past for drinking and driving, so they decided to get a ride home from a party - but the driver had also been drinking.

He ended up crashing into a tree and now the driver is going to prison. He was sentenced to 11 years. The other two boys are in wheelchairs. Two of the boys are 20 and the other is 21. Now the families of the injured kids have filed a lawsuit against the family that had the party for serving drinks to minors. They could also be facing legal trouble.

One quick decision that ruined the lives of at least 3 young boys and their families. Very tragic.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20030302-9999_mz1mi2lives.html

Grouch · Posted: Mar 03, 2003 9:05 am Post subject:

Is it OK to drink, use illegal drugs and drive if I am wearing my seat belt. I got a little confused earlier.

Leggester · Posted: Mar 03, 2003 9:28 am Post subject:

I figure it's a case of good 'ol Darwinism. Sorry to say, but it sure looks that way.

I know it's not a popular view, but it's true. I've been driving since '74 and haven't been in a serious accident. Nock on wood.

I feel sorry for the surviving family members.

wake152 · Posted: Mar 03, 2003 12:21 pm Post subject:

funny i saw this post, on friday one of my friends from high school was on her way home from college. She had to come over the mt. On her way I think she was trying to pass or something and she lost control of her car in the ice. She slide sideways and the car coming the other way T boned her on her side. I dont think alcohol was related just really makes u think about driving safe at all times. I cant imagine living my life knowing i killed someone in my car.

Chales · Guest

ohsix · Posted: Mar 03, 2003 1:19 pm Post subject:

I think a more appropriate title for this thread would have been "why you shouldn't drink and drive" because the seatbelts obviously weren't the main cause of the accident.

wake152 · Posted: Mar 03, 2003 1:19 pm Post subject:

damn charles way to be sensitive

ohsix · Posted: Mar 03, 2003 1:30 pm Post subject:

are you referring to being expelled from school when you write "deaths/expulsions" because those are not on the same level in any way.

jason_ssr · Posted: Mar 03, 2003 1:37 pm Post subject:

I think its a good name for the thread. Lets assume the author was only talking to the responsible people warning us about what kind of idiots are on our roads.

People are going to drink and drive, thats how it is. A bunch of well meaning people preaching against it will never keep it from happening, or slow it down for that matter.

So put on your seatbelt, because no matter how wise it is to not drink and drive, most that do are going to continue to do it anyway. Its up to you to protect yourself from them.

Shawn Madison · Posted: Mar 03, 2003 3:56 pm Post subject:

It is sad how the cycle of life seems to repeat things! No matter how many "Don't Drink & Drive"/ "Seatbelt Ads" are run on TV-it seems like people persist in ignoring them. Sean_Brinston, sorry to hear about your school's tragedy! Maybe you posting this will remind others to take heed to recurring situation! I know I feel naked without my seatbelt on!

Liquid_Force · Posted: Mar 03, 2003 6:20 pm Post subject:

yep, ill wear my seatbelt now

Aubs · Motorboat Queen Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 9167

well my friend got into a major car accident last night - the kid is lucky as hell that he's alive. flipped his car twice, all because some drunk driver smashed into the back of his car and pushed him off the side of the road. i cannot even begin to tell u how horrible i felt all day knowing that he might not have lived because that other guy made a bad decision...

JRock*Girl · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 1340

Im really sorry to hear that Sean. At some point we have or will all be there, and its quite the reality check. Last year, a little guy in our school didn't wear his seatbelt, it was late at night, alchol involved, no ones to sure....and went right into a tree at 50 mph. Wes, was little but had a huge heart. He was sitting in the back seat and went through the windsheild. The top 25 ft of the tree fell off. The driver had a minor injury. One girl had to get metal bars in both of her legs, and the other girl had a peice of car in her brain, and sliced her knee open ruining her dream of being a dancer. One of the girl's can still here them screaming. We had 5 counslers at the school, and living in a small town everyone knows everyone, so it was quite the depressing couple of week's. Stuff like this happens all the time, its a reality check of what can really happen. Don't drink and drive, drink and walk. We have a free taxi service here now so teen can get a safe ride home, dedicated to Wes. Buckle up no matter where your going. You don't think its possible until it hits to close to home. Wes saved 7 lives with his organs, R.I.P. Wes "Hawk"

nick e[V]ans · Posted: Mar 04, 2003 2:41 am Post subject:

phantom you completly missed the point

Dragonlady8 · Guest

No worries Nick...my comment was and is not intended for you. I know what you meant Wink

jedsterr · Soul Rider Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 291 City: Star Idaho

My occupation causes me to experience, first hand, the tragedies caused by driving while impaired. Just last week the following accident destroyed an innocent family.

Intoxicated driver with one passenger enters the freeway traveling the wrong way against traffic. Several drivers see the oncoming pickup truck and swerve out of the way.

Husband and wife in their early twenties are traveling home from attending a family gathering. Their infant daughter is in the back seat of their import sedan, properly restrained in her car seat. The Husbands brother was debuting in a High School drama production. Near the end of their 20 minute freeway drive to their home, at approximately 10:20pm the two vehicles collided head on.

It is estimated that the truck was traveling at speeds nearing 100 mph. The impact is so sever that the sedan is actually severed in two. The husband is ejected from his half of the vehicle and lays dead over 60 feet from his half of the vehicle. A horrified driver who narrowly missed being struck by the offending driver witnessed the collision in her rear view mirror. She stopped immediately and ran back to the wreckage. She found the Wife, un-conscious, bleeding badly, laboring through coarse painful breaths, clinging to life. Then she looked past the critically injured wife/mother and saw the lifeless body of this couple's daughter, still in her infant seat, killed by the violent sudden stop of the collision. The wife, (now widow) is presently alive, but comatose. Her family is being buried tomorrow, and she doesn’t even know they’re dead. The husband and his daughter will be buried together. Her, lying peacefully in his arms. Him, embracing the precious gift that he’d done everything in his power to protect, yet couldn’t.

It difficult to know whether to pray for the recovery, or the peacefull passing of the poor young widow.

The driver of the pickup lost his hand in the accident. Not quite justice for the tragedy that he just created. His passenger was treated and released.

I don't drink, I don't use controlled substances, I do wear my seat belt.

-Jed

James K. · Posted: Mar 05, 2003 8:28 pm Post subject:

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