quote:Originally posted by beternU:
"Unable to duck" ????
That conlusion fails to recognize how seat belts operate. The shoulder harness element of a seat belt system does not lock in place until a collision actually occurs. The inertia reel device of the seat belt system is designed and constructed to operate that way. It locks the shoulder harness at the instant of impact, not before. In ordinary use, the shoulder harness permits the operator to move around--to lean forward or sideways. If Samantha Stewart had realized she was heading for a crash, she would have had time to duck, assuming she realized it in time to duck. Apparently she did not realize that she was about to crash into the bus and thus had no incentive to duck. Ducking, then, is a non-factor, not only for the reason I have described, but because--as others have correctly pointed out--a rear-end crash into a school bus at the apparent speed involved is essentially a sudden-death circumstance!
LoveShack, you need to separate yourself from the company and advice of the know-nothing dingbats who are giving you stupid, erroneous and ludicrous information on seat belt use. Instead, you and other non-experts on such matters should let the sad and preventable example of Ms. Stewart's death inspire you NOT to emulate her example of deadly inattentiveness.
Amen.