Mit
Glad you got your job back, you were lucky. Many dont. And for those that died, they never got a second chance.
You keep mentioning that you always wear your belt. I read that in your post at least 5-6 times in this and other posts. But then again, there is at least once that you didnt. And that once will bite you every time. Anytime your truck is in motion, it has to be on.
We had one fired one morning when he pulled it out of the line up 30 feet to do the pretrip. And they made it stick. No warnings, no letters. Working one minute, gone the next. Kinda like dying, but you do get to move on with life.
Take your suspension, learn, and go on.
This is something that breaks down the second after impact that gives you the step by step on why you died because you did not wear the belt.
Do you know what happns in the first fatal second after a car going 55 miles per hour hits a solid object?
In the first tenth of a second the front bumper and grill collapse.
The second tenth finds the hood crumbling, rising and striking the windshield as the spinning rear wheels lift from the ground. Simultaneously, the fenders begin wrapping themselves around the solid object and although the car's frame has been halted, the REST OF THE DRIVER'S CAR IS STILL GOING 55 MILES PER HOUR. Instinct caused the driver to stiffen his legs against the crash, and at this time they snap at the knee joint.
During the third tenth of a second, the steering wheel starts to disintegrate and the steering column aims for the driver's chest.
The forth tenth of the second finds two feet of the cars front end wrecked while the rear end still moves at 35 miles per hour, while the driver's body is still traveling at 55 miles per hour.
In the fifth tenth, the driver is impaled on the steering column and blood rushes into his lungs.
The sixth tenth finds the impact built up to the extent that feet are ripped out of tightly laced shoes. The brake pedal brakes off. The car frame buckles in the middle and the drivers head bangs into and through the windshield, ripping off nose and an ear, as the rear wheels, still spinning, fall back to the earth.
In the seventh tenth, hinges rip loose, doors open as the car finally completely stops. The seats break free, striking the driver from behind. BUT HE DOESN'T MIND BECAUSE HE IS ALREADY DEAD, and the last three tenths of the second mean nothing to him.
Now, WON'T you PLEASE buckle your seat belt?
IT takes less time than it does to die!
For a head on, its worse, and anything less than a direct frontal impact, you are thrown out of the car into traffic. Sorry, I would rather take my chances inside.
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