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It would be nice if they up graded there tractors
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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 399035" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>If you get in an accident in a P8, its lack of a 3 point seat belt means your head will be propelled at high speed into and through the windshield. The truck might hold together OK but they will be scraping your brains off of the steering wheel and hood. Even in a minor accident or a rollover, you will be flailing around in the cab, attached only by a lap belt, getting whiplash and whacking your head into the side and bulkhead doors. The newer vehicles with the 3 point belts and full length lumbar support seats will restrain your upper body in an upright position and keep your head and neck away from the windshield.</p><p> </p><p>We had a driver in my center get into a high-speed, head-on collision with a woman in an SUV. He was driving a 1997 model year 656-series P700. They were both going about 55mph when they hit, she came around a blind corner in his lane and creamed him. There was nothing he could have done and the accident was ultimately deemed unavoidable. The woman had either fallen asleep or was on her phone and was totally in his lane.</p><p> </p><p>The woman died before the EMT's could cut her out of her SUV. Our driver suffered only a fractured ankle from the driver's side wheel buckling upward into the cab. He was wearing the 3-point belt. The entire front of the package car was mangled, both windshields blown out etc. but the "bubble" of space around him was intact and he didnt hit his head on anything because of the 3 point belt. He walked (limped) away from this horrific accident and was able to return to work within a couple of months.</p><p> </p><p>This driver isnt alive today because he could recite a 10 point commentary. He isnt alive today because of acronyms, or buzzwords, or the 5 Seeing Habits. He isnt alive today because someone on the Safety Committee gave him an assesment and a muffin. He is alive today ONLY because he was fortunate enough NOT to be in one of the vehicles that UPS chose to only equip with a lap belt in order to save $50.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 399035, member: 14668"] If you get in an accident in a P8, its lack of a 3 point seat belt means your head will be propelled at high speed into and through the windshield. The truck might hold together OK but they will be scraping your brains off of the steering wheel and hood. Even in a minor accident or a rollover, you will be flailing around in the cab, attached only by a lap belt, getting whiplash and whacking your head into the side and bulkhead doors. The newer vehicles with the 3 point belts and full length lumbar support seats will restrain your upper body in an upright position and keep your head and neck away from the windshield. We had a driver in my center get into a high-speed, head-on collision with a woman in an SUV. He was driving a 1997 model year 656-series P700. They were both going about 55mph when they hit, she came around a blind corner in his lane and creamed him. There was nothing he could have done and the accident was ultimately deemed unavoidable. The woman had either fallen asleep or was on her phone and was totally in his lane. The woman died before the EMT's could cut her out of her SUV. Our driver suffered only a fractured ankle from the driver's side wheel buckling upward into the cab. He was wearing the 3-point belt. The entire front of the package car was mangled, both windshields blown out etc. but the "bubble" of space around him was intact and he didnt hit his head on anything because of the 3 point belt. He walked (limped) away from this horrific accident and was able to return to work within a couple of months. This driver isnt alive today because he could recite a 10 point commentary. He isnt alive today because of acronyms, or buzzwords, or the 5 Seeing Habits. He isnt alive today because someone on the Safety Committee gave him an assesment and a muffin. He is alive today ONLY because he was fortunate enough NOT to be in one of the vehicles that UPS chose to only equip with a lap belt in order to save $50. [/QUOTE]
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