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From the Viper thread...

dug777

dug777

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Seems remarkably unfair that in all these sorts of accidents you read about, the driver is always in hospital and the passenger/s is/are dead :|
 
Thanks. I wasn't around when it was originally posted, am I am too lazy to find it. I did a quick look in the main off topic area, and didn't see anything. I must have skipped over it.

Vipers are not a good car for unexperienced drivers to be in. They are very unforgiving if you make a mistake. I've seen plenty of videos of Vipers being pushed to that 101% mark, and some disaster happens. A 17 year old kid shouldn't be in a Viper to begin with.
 
It seems from most such accidents that the driver goes off the road on the passenger side of the car, and thus it seem likely that the passenger is in a more dangeruous situation.

In this case it appears that the passenger wasn't wearing a seatbelt, and then its partly his fault he is dead, cause there is no reason to not wear a seatbelt.
 
Originally posted by: dug777
Originally posted by: mwmorph
dont some cars force the driver to wear seat belts?
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if by force you mean beep annoyingly or show a red light, yes 😉
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hey, that incessant beeping wold make me put on my seatbelt if i hadnt done so already.
 
Originally posted by: mwmorph
Originally posted by: dug777
Originally posted by: mwmorph
dont some cars force the driver to wear seat belts?
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if by force you mean beep annoyingly or show a red light, yes 😉
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hey, that incessant beeping wold make me put on my seatbelt if i hadnt done so already.
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Yeah, beeping sucks. <-- my awesome contribution to this thread because I used up my good post in the read viper thread
 
If you die in an accident because you were not wearing your seatbelt, I'll drink a :beer: to thank the world that we've got one less dumb ass taking air.
hands on steering wheel help more than the airbag does.
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What does hands on the wheel have to do with it...?
 
Originally posted by: Ornery
He wasn't wearing a damn seatbelt, nitwit. Seems unfair? Seems like a typical dumb kid to me!
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not to say if the seat belt would/wouldn't have saved him... but he's a moron for not wearing it
 
Not wearing a sealtbelt all the time is one issue - but what kind of retard wouldn't put on a seatbelt when he is a passenger in a viper being driven by a 17 year old?
 
Originally posted by: flot
Not wearing a sealtbelt all the time is one issue - but what kind of retard wouldn't put on a seatbelt when he is a passenger in a viper being driven by a 17 year old?
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i hadn't read the fine details of the Viper thread 😛

it just reminded me that it's the situation you always hear all the time on the news 🙁
 
Originally posted by: Skoorb
If you die in an accident because you were not wearing your seatbelt, I'll drink a :beer: to thank the world that we've got one less dumb ass taking air.
hands on steering wheel help more than the airbag does.
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What does hands on the wheel have to do with it...?
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You can turn the wheel. AKA: Steer.
 
If you were driving and about to crash into a utility pole, would you aim for your side of the car or the passenger side? Plus, all the dangerous stuff to crash into is on the passengers side (in the US).

-geoff
 
Originally posted by: ggavinmoss
If you were driving and about to crash into a utility pole, would you aim for your side of the car or the passenger side? Plus, all the dangerous stuff to crash into is on the passengers side (in the US).

-geoff
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And in other countries, it's still on that side, it's just the side has switched (both for the danger and the passenger)
 
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