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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 646708" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>I used to feel the same way...until a guy on my center got hit head-on at 55 MPH by a lady who fell asleep and crossed over the centerline in a full sized SUV.</p><p> </p><p>She died at the scene before the EMT's could cut her out.</p><p> </p><p>Our driver was in a P-700 with a 3 point belt. He wound up with only a fractured ankle, even though the car itself was a mangled and totalled wreck.</p><p> </p><p>The route he was on was normally dispatched in an old GMC P-5....with a lap belt. Thankfully, it was red-tagged for repairs that day. Had he been in that car instead of the P-7 he would have died...his forehead would have been propelled at high speed through the windshield, while his jaw would have been driven into the top of the steering wheel and out thru the back of his neck. All so that UPS could save 40 bucks on the purchase price of the vehicle.</p><p> </p><p>Its time for UPS to start operating in the 21st century and upgrade its old trucks to meet basic minimum safety standards...or else get them off the road. Permanently.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 646708, member: 14668"] I used to feel the same way...until a guy on my center got hit head-on at 55 MPH by a lady who fell asleep and crossed over the centerline in a full sized SUV. She died at the scene before the EMT's could cut her out. Our driver was in a P-700 with a 3 point belt. He wound up with only a fractured ankle, even though the car itself was a mangled and totalled wreck. The route he was on was normally dispatched in an old GMC P-5....with a lap belt. Thankfully, it was red-tagged for repairs that day. Had he been in that car instead of the P-7 he would have died...his forehead would have been propelled at high speed through the windshield, while his jaw would have been driven into the top of the steering wheel and out thru the back of his neck. All so that UPS could save 40 bucks on the purchase price of the vehicle. Its time for UPS to start operating in the 21st century and upgrade its old trucks to meet basic minimum safety standards...or else get them off the road. Permanently. [/QUOTE]
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