Last Wednesday evening I attended the funeral visitation for the 19 year old son of a co-worker.
He was killed in a single vehicle accident. Likely, he swerved to aviod a deer, his van rolled and he was ejected, and he was crushed by the van. A seatbelt would have saved his life. A seatbelt would likely have meant he would have walked away from the accident. My co-worker friend is not a reckless man, or a foolish one, nor was his late son.
I don't understand this.
A couple of years ago, a friend of one of my daughters was killed in similar fashion. And, last night, reading a news story about a person being sentenced due to causeing a death because she was drunk driving, it's clear that her friend would have survived if he had been wearing a seatbelt.
Is there a trend for young people not to wear seatbelts?
I don't understand this.
For parents of young adults, don't nag about seat belts. But pay attention to what they're actually doing.