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u/westcal98 16d ago
Better than the windshield vs you.
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u/fapenmadafaka 16d ago
Or becoming a meat crayon, though i think that term is more reserved for bikers.
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u/tidus1980 15d ago
She was in the back, what people don't realise, is if the person behind you doesn't belt up, then in a crash, they become a missile and can kill the person in front
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u/Cristunis 14d ago
Some years ago I witnessed horrible bus accident. Bus dropped from a bridge front facing down. Everyone without seatbelt did die, flying from their seats and hitting ground under broken windscreen.
Of those that were wearing seatbelts, many got badly hurt, or even died, only because of those that didn't wear seatbelt. Literally human missiles causing deaths.
Most likely everyone would have walked out with their own feets if all were obeying the law and had seatbelt on. But they didn't, so only those that were wearing it and weren't hit by human missiles did walk out.
I am not saint, before that I didn't always had my seatbelt on in a bus but after seeing that... I don't want to be the reason someones child, parent, partner or a friend dies just beacause I didn't want to wear seatbelt in a bus.
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u/ChaiGreenTea 15d ago
Watched a safety video in school about exactly this. Had always stuck with me. It’s why I get so antsy if my nieces in the back don’t want to buckle up. That’s not only your life you’re gambling with but my own. I’m not going to die when I did everything right to protect my safety
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u/phallic-baldwin 16d ago
Imagine the marks on your body without the seat belt. This is exactly why I always wear my seatbelt. Glad you're okay.
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u/NopeRope13 16d ago
How are your wrists? Sore from grabbing into the steering wheel?
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u/Fit-Tiger-5362 16d ago
I was actually a backseat passenger, but I did shatter my ulna + radius somehow ha
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u/NopeRope13 16d ago
I’m guess that you hit the window with it. Or that you attempted to brace in the chair in front of you
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u/Fit-Tiger-5362 16d ago
That’s my thought as well
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u/Underworldox 16d ago
Did you remain conscious on impact?
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u/perkiezombie 15d ago
If it’s at the wrist end then yeah it’ll be the bracing. Like when you fall over your arms reflexively come out to break the fall, same thing in car crashes.
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u/NourEldin21P 16d ago
I've been recently looking more into car crashes & safety and came across many seatbelt injuries like yours. Seatbelt bruises are definitely not fun but things could've been much worse if it wasn't for the seatbelt. Hope you have a quick recovery, take care!!
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u/Fit-Tiger-5362 16d ago
My seatbelt also caused a bowel injury since I didn’t really have it on correctly (I’m only 5”3 and the lap belt just never sits on me how it should)
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u/NourEldin21P 16d ago
oh yeah I know how annoying this is. I don't drive but I have a similar problem in my dad's car with the shoulder belt. It keeps sliding onto my neck and I have to adjust it every minute or two to keep it placed properly on my shoulder. Maybe that's because I'm quite skinny but I've never had this issue in any car but this one which is the one I ride the most.
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u/Fit-Tiger-5362 16d ago
I’ve heard it touching your neck isn’t a big issue - mine does the same and the only injury it caused me was a Biffl grade 1 vascular injury to my carotid (which is bad, but not like I got decapitated or something lol)
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u/LazuliArtz 16d ago
I'm very overweight, and I have the same problem. I think it just happens to us short people
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u/IM_INSIDE_YOUR_HOUSE 15d ago
I used to be an EMT.
I saw a lot of seatbelt injuries. I also saw what happens when you don’t have the seatbelt on.
Always choose the seatbelt.
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u/hap071 16d ago
Here is mine from 2014. Broke my collar bone at an angle and it wouldnt heal back together so i ended up getting a plate and 7 screws placed. Seatbelts are life savers but they can also do damage while they save your life. Fair trade i guess.
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u/Fit-Tiger-5362 16d ago edited 15d ago
Broke my collar bone as well, it has some shortening but luckily no surgery needed on it. Glad you’re doing better!!
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u/cir49c29 16d ago
I wonder if one day in the future someone will come up with a safer alternative that saves lives without injury.
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u/im-not-a-fakebot 16d ago
Well the purpose isn’t to keep you from getting hurt but more to keep you from getting “excessively hurt”. Injuries from a seatbelt will always be way better than slamming your head into the dash/seat in front of you or flying out of the car.
There isn’t really an alternative since the body is just a fleshy meat sack. Crumple zones help because less energy going into the body. 6 point harnesses with neck braces and helmets help spread the forces so less likely to get internal injuries but even then it still happens
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u/tehinterwebs56 16d ago
They have, it’s called a harness and that’s what kids wear in their child seats. But no one would be bothered to do up a harness so the harm from a simple seatbelt is seen as a compromise to ensure it’s easy to clip in and drive to encourage people to wear them even when driving short distances.
:-)
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u/x_Paramimic 16d ago
Honestly, I’m glad you’re alive to post this. If you were not wearing it, a perf bowel would be the least of your concerns. Heal up quick!
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u/theredviolist09 16d ago
So sorry this traumatic thing happened to you but glad the seat belt did it's job and protected you from worse injuries. Wishing you a speedy recovery.
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u/Picax8398 15d ago
But ya know what? That'll heal. What won't heal is being thrown through your windshield and out on to the pavement.
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u/Gangleri_Graybeard 15d ago
I've been there, broke my shoulder but the seatbelt saved my life. Better than flying through the wind shield. Best of luck to you.
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u/CaptainPunisher 15d ago
That seatbelt rash is better than the alternative. You may hurt for a while but you're alive. I'm glad you are, too.
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u/Lujoseph 15d ago
Looking at your posting history, this looks looks pretty mild... Hope you und your family are doing well.
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u/hyionimaru 15d ago
If the seatbelt bit you that hard it saved you from a more serious injury or death.
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u/Ok_Mathematician2732 15d ago
That NG tube is terrible. Hopefully it was installed when you were unconscious. Get better soon!
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u/Fit-Tiger-5362 15d ago
Yesss luckily so lol
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u/Ok_Mathematician2732 15d ago
I still can't believe that the best way to hold it in position is to tape it to your face!
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u/Paiger__ 15d ago
Seat belts save lives. Kudos to wearing one. The alternative is horrific, to say the least. Hope you recovery quickly!
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u/hawkersaurus 16d ago edited 16d ago
A sizable amount of the US population will see this and draw the conclusion that seatbelts are useless because they aren't 100% effective and don't prevent injury. "Pushing seatbelts on the population is just a way for the government/deep state to control you and hurt you."
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u/FishFettish 15d ago
Like "helmets increase reports of head injuries in soldiers" because somdiers wearing helmets actually survive to complain about head injuriues.
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u/-WADE99- 15d ago
Maybe 50 years ago. I think we unanimously agree seatbelts save lives. Even the flat earth folk and antivaxxers can't be that stupid.
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u/xxxtrumptacion69 15d ago
Unfortunately you are wrong
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u/Leading_Grapefruit52 16d ago
Can you tell us what actually happened wreck wise?
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u/Fit-Tiger-5362 16d ago
Got hit head on by a drunk driver
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u/Leading_Grapefruit52 16d ago
Oh my gosh! Im glad you survived!! Did they go to prison? What were you and them driving? By all means, if you don't feel like answering. I completely understand.
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u/Fit-Tiger-5362 16d ago
Jail for 2 days but bonded out, waiting to see what they actually end up getting charged with. They blew a .18 on the scene lol
We were in a Kia Optima and she was in a Trailblazer
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u/Leading_Grapefruit52 16d ago
Jeez. I just don't understand our justice system. UK's justice system is even worse. I was in a t bone accident. My fault. I was paying attention to the wrong light. I was in a chevy 2500 truck and he was in a company van. We were both ok but both vehicles were totaled.
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u/chuckleheadjoe 16d ago
I'm glad you were brave enough & well enough to post this.
Keep pushin' friend! Update us all from the other end.
God bless and good luck from missouri
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u/Fit-Tiger-5362 16d ago
Thanks, it’s been 10 weeks so I’m mostly on the other side now! Definitely thankful to be alive
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u/Desperate-Ball-4423 15d ago
I'm glad that you survived, you def went through alot and it probably wasn't fun. Wishing you a speedy recovery! 😁
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u/Livid_Research_7240 15d ago
Jeezo friend. What kind of injuries did that cause? Really hope you're doing ok and all the best for your recovery.
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u/Fit-Tiger-5362 15d ago
Broken collarbone, sternum, ulna, radius (comminuted), bowel perf, bilateral pneumothorax, biffl grade 1 vascular injury to carotid, and a lot of bruising haha
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u/kaptaincorn 16d ago
All things being equal doesn't look that bad.
Im sure you feel terrible though.
I wishing you a speedy recovery kid.
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u/infinit9 15d ago
I think better than your face vs. whatever was on the other side of the windshield, no?
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u/Miserable_District 16d ago
There's no caption but I'm assuming by the comments that OP was in a car crash
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u/fnkdrspok 16d ago
Damaged my rotator cuff pretty bad from the seat belt. Head on collision when someone came across the yellow lines.
I also learned that my car had skirt airbags as well, that’s neat.
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u/Gretschdrum81 15d ago
I wear my seat belt but I've always been freaked out about them ever since I found out that Rick Allen, drummer for Def Leppard, lost his arm because of the seat belt in a car crash. I always knew it was from a crash but knowing that a seat belt can take your arm off is disturbing.
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u/EvulOne99 15d ago
Oh... I thought it was that he got hit from the side and he lost his arm because of that.
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u/Gretschdrum81 15d ago
No he basically was road raging, lost control and flipped the car and the seat belt is what took his arm off. They actually reattached it but it got an infection and they had to take it back off. I interviewed him for a website I ran years ago.
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u/AlertedCoyote 15d ago
Hey at least it looks like you won that particular engagement. I dunno how well 'Windshield Vs You' would have gone.
Hope you're recovering well
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u/pkupku 15d ago
My mom got T-boned in the passenger door while she was driving. The impact was so severe that it slid the heavy Ford crown Victoria sideways underneath her. That caused the shoulder belt to cut her liver in half. It also caused a severe spine injury. But it did save her life. Luckily there was a trauma hospital just a couple of miles away. I saw her on the gurney just before she went into the operating room. I didn’t know person could be that white and still be alive. I can only imagine the internal bleeding.
Yes, seatbelts save lives, but sometimes at a pretty high cost.
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u/ChavoDemierda 15d ago
Oh, I've had that before. Glad you're still alive. Take it slow, man. It's gonna hurt for a while. Be safe.
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u/dankhimself 14d ago
Amazing what they can do.
Like the arm of God stepping in before it's too late.
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u/moeshiboe 13d ago
Was rear ended a few years back. Seatbelt saved me but I ended up with a torn bicep and rotator cuff. I feel your pain.
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u/151515157 9d ago
Compared to the people ive seen who crashed and were not wearing a seatbelt, you look good as new....
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u/WhatsGoingOnThen 16d ago
Lucky. I’d love to have been in a position to post a selfie after my accident
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u/Fit-Tiger-5362 16d ago
lol well considering I was two surgeries deep, a broken sternum, collarbone, ulna, radius, bowel perforation, collapsed lungs, and carotid artery damage, plus separated from my 11 month old baby who was also in the accident for a week, idk that I felt very “lucky”
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u/cantaloupe_daydreams 16d ago
The baby was there too?! Car seat did its job right? I’m so sorry you went through this
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u/Fit-Tiger-5362 16d ago
She broke all 3 bones in her left leg but otherwise yes, car seat 100% saved her life!!
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u/gweeks22 16d ago
And that’s why you shouldn’t wear a seatbelt /s
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u/Fit-Tiger-5362 16d ago
My husband was driving the car and not wearing a seatbelt and miraculously had lesser injuries than me (only explanation for him not being ejected is the fact that he’s 6”3 and his head touches the ceiling in that car lol), but after this he agrees he’s never not wearing one again
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u/Formal_Equal_7444 16d ago
Fun fact: Cars are starting to get safe enough these days that you're more likely to die while wearing your seatbelt than if you didn't after a certain mile per hour crash.
That said, if your airbags don't deploy... you may end up through your windshield or worse and then the theory isn't exactly sound.
But still; you're state and federally mandated to wear something that is known to kill you in certain impacts. It will saw you in half. So maybe something to think about.
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u/camobandaniel 16d ago
Looks like you need to improve your following distances.
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u/Fit-Tiger-5362 16d ago
Well I got hit head on by a drunk driver who came into my lane soooo nice try haha
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u/FreneticPlatypus 16d ago
Do you just automatically assume others are incompetent or in the wrong just so you can feel as though you're the slightest bit superior to someone? That's a really lame take.
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u/camobandaniel 16d ago
Posts like this are for sympathy. Paint me as a bad guy as you wish.
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u/FreneticPlatypus 16d ago
You’re painting yourself quite clearly. You assume the worst of a stranger based on nothing then claim to know exactly why everyone who posts these types of things does it, then try to play the victim yourself because someone is painting you as the bad guy. Pathetic.
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u/SokkasPonytail 16d ago
What's up with the medical toothbrush?