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Utah UPS driver killed 12/1/08
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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 442490" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>It is difficult to say. The seat of the package car appears to be intact. if the driver was not crushed by the initial impact, it is entirely possible that he might have survived had his head not been propelled into and thru the windshield or dashboard.</p><p> </p><p>The only thing that a lap belt can do is to prevent you from being ejected from the vehicle. As far as actually protecting the driver from injury or death in an accident, a lap belt is functionally useless. That is why they are <u>illegal</u> to install in new vehicles. Unfortunately, UPS has made the business decision to take advantage of a loophole that allows older vehicles with deficient equipment to be grandfathered in, since they did technically meet the absolute bare minimum safety standards that were in place when they were built.</p><p> </p><p>It is appalling to me that UPS will spend hundreds of dollars on sensors to make sure that the driver wears a functionally worthless lap belt, yet they wont spend a dime to upgrade to a belt that might actually serve a useful purpose and keep the driver alive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 442490, member: 14668"] It is difficult to say. The seat of the package car appears to be intact. if the driver was not crushed by the initial impact, it is entirely possible that he might have survived had his head not been propelled into and thru the windshield or dashboard. The only thing that a lap belt can do is to prevent you from being ejected from the vehicle. As far as actually protecting the driver from injury or death in an accident, a lap belt is functionally useless. That is why they are [U]illegal[/U] to install in new vehicles. Unfortunately, UPS has made the business decision to take advantage of a loophole that allows older vehicles with deficient equipment to be grandfathered in, since they did technically meet the absolute bare minimum safety standards that were in place when they were built. It is appalling to me that UPS will spend hundreds of dollars on sensors to make sure that the driver wears a functionally worthless lap belt, yet they wont spend a dime to upgrade to a belt that might actually serve a useful purpose and keep the driver alive. [/QUOTE]
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