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2 years ago today i was hit by a drunk driver on the highway, my seatbelt saved my life. I feel the need to take the time to tell others because i feel so many die unnecessarily because they dont use a seatbelt thinking that they dont need one because they are a good driver..
im a great driver, always have been never any accidents. but i always wore my seatbelt even though everyone i know (almost) doesnt wear one, 2 years ago today my actions saved my life when a drunk driver hit me and another car on the highway... during the accident i sustained three herniated discs in my spine, and now cope with lumbar disc disease, sciatica to my left foot and spinal stenosis due to my disc herniations caused by the impact.. although i live in pain almost every day, have gone through multiple epidurals in my lower spine to treat pain and take otc medicine almost every day.. i am so lucky to not be paralyzed, blessed to be alive, and extremely grateful that i did not become a statistic like so many others i know have. today i find my self celebrating life, but also feeling a need to share my story so people will expect the unexpected.. you dont EXPECT a driver on the highway to be drunk, and to hit you from behind and change you forever, or you think it could neverr happen to you. But it can, and for way to many people it will... buckle up, save a life.. your own. <3
just some scary statistics to possibly (hopefully) make you wear your seat belt more (if u dont already), i hope i dont sound motherly, just hoping to help save a life by impacting someones decision, and shed some light on the subject:
In a 30 m.p.h. collision an unbelted 160 lb. Person can strike another passenger, crash through a windshield and/or slam into the vehicle's interior with a 4,800 lb. force.
Safety belts when used properly reduce the number of serious traffic injuries by 50 percent and fatalities by 60-70 percent.
Approximately 35,000 people die in motor vehicle crashes each year. About 50 percent (17,000) of these people could be saved if they wore their safety belts.
( http://www.jmu.edu/safetyplan/vehicle/generaldriver/safetybelt.shtml )
On average someone is killed by a drunk driver every 45 minutes. In 2008, an estimated 11,773 people died in drunk driving related crashesa decline of 9.8 percent from the 13,041 drunk driving related fatalities of 2007. ( http://www.madd.org/Drunk-Driving/Drunk-Driving/Statistics.aspx )
JT
im a great driver, always have been never any accidents. but i always wore my seatbelt even though everyone i know (almost) doesnt wear one, 2 years ago today my actions saved my life when a drunk driver hit me and another car on the highway... during the accident i sustained three herniated discs in my spine, and now cope with lumbar disc disease, sciatica to my left foot and spinal stenosis due to my disc herniations caused by the impact.. although i live in pain almost every day, have gone through multiple epidurals in my lower spine to treat pain and take otc medicine almost every day.. i am so lucky to not be paralyzed, blessed to be alive, and extremely grateful that i did not become a statistic like so many others i know have. today i find my self celebrating life, but also feeling a need to share my story so people will expect the unexpected.. you dont EXPECT a driver on the highway to be drunk, and to hit you from behind and change you forever, or you think it could neverr happen to you. But it can, and for way to many people it will... buckle up, save a life.. your own. <3
just some scary statistics to possibly (hopefully) make you wear your seat belt more (if u dont already), i hope i dont sound motherly, just hoping to help save a life by impacting someones decision, and shed some light on the subject:
In a 30 m.p.h. collision an unbelted 160 lb. Person can strike another passenger, crash through a windshield and/or slam into the vehicle's interior with a 4,800 lb. force.
Safety belts when used properly reduce the number of serious traffic injuries by 50 percent and fatalities by 60-70 percent.
Approximately 35,000 people die in motor vehicle crashes each year. About 50 percent (17,000) of these people could be saved if they wore their safety belts.
( http://www.jmu.edu/safetyplan/vehicle/generaldriver/safetybelt.shtml )
On average someone is killed by a drunk driver every 45 minutes. In 2008, an estimated 11,773 people died in drunk driving related crashesa decline of 9.8 percent from the 13,041 drunk driving related fatalities of 2007. ( http://www.madd.org/Drunk-Driving/Drunk-Driving/Statistics.aspx )
JT
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