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[billabongcr 5,000+ posts]

Do a little research on statistics, and see what you come up with. We all take a risks when we go out to drive. The fact still remains, if i am going to be in MORE of a risk by choosing option B, then option A wins by default. Ill take a few bruises and broken ribs with a seatbelt then my head through the windshield on to solid concrete or metal at 40+ //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif

if you know anything, then you know that statistics isnt real life. and also, these tests they do to evaluate how safe sealbelts are are done by: a front end hit and a rear end hit. well of coarse if your being pushed forward or backward, something made to keep you in place against a forward, or backward hit, will in fact keep you in place. but out of all the hits that come into our shop, id say less than 10% are solid front or rear headon type hits. and 10% is generous at that.

you cant simulate real life in a lab.

 

[billabongcr 5,000+ posts]

You know what they say about arguing with idiots...

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[Fast1one 10+ year member]

You know what they say about arguing with idiots...

Im not really arguing, only trying to save him from his own ignorance. Though i won't really feel sorry if he goes through the windshield one of these days, would be a good story to watch on television //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/*******.gif.a649d21efc0d1fd4890a6428166586c1.gif

if you know anything, then you know that statistics isnt real life. and also, these tests they do to evaluate how safe sealbelts are are done by: a front end hit and a rear end hit. well of coarse if your being pushed forward or backward, something made to keep you in place against a forward, or backward hit, will in fact keep you in place. but out of all the hits that come into our shop, id say less than 10% are solid front or rear headon type hits. and 10% is generous at that.
you cant simulate real life in a lab.

Going off of your logic, your statistics mean nothing. Out of hundreds if not thousands of shops in the U.S., yours could be totally different than the rest.

BTW, with todays statistical evidence, its pretty common to be within plus or minus 5% of the true number, depending on how the study was done.

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

You know what they say about arguing with idiots...

he's a collision expert of course he'd know this. it's not like he is a cop or paramedic who sees first hand people who have flown out of cars.

 

[billabongcr 5,000+ posts]

Im not really arguing, only trying to save him from his own ignorance. Though i won't really feel sorry if he goes through the windshield one of these days, would be a good story to watch on television //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/*******.gif.a649d21efc0d1fd4890a6428166586c1.gif

research the strength of a windshield //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/*******.gif.a649d21efc0d1fd4890a6428166586c1.gif

 

[Fast1one 10+ year member]

research the strength of a windshield //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/*******.gif.a649d21efc0d1fd4890a6428166586c1.gif

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If a pebble can cause a crack down the entire thing gong 25 miles per hour, im pretty sure a 180+ male going 40+ can take down a windshield. Besides, even if it DOES hold up, either head is going to go trough some severe trauma, or your neck is going o snap. Try it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fro.gif.c695f1f814b01c4ad99fe7f8cccadd29.gif

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

research the strength of a windshield //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/*******.gif.a649d21efc0d1fd4890a6428166586c1.gif

i remember one day i got pissed and through a pop bottle at my windshield and cracked the whole right side of it. i'm sure if a 200+ pound man is flying at it and 55 mph it'll shatter

 

[Buffalohed 10+ year member]

he's a collision expert of course he'd know this. it's not like he is a cop or paramedic who sees first hand people who have flown out of cars.

Don't forget, he is also a statistician. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

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If a pebble can cause a crack down the entire thing gong 25 miles per hour, im pretty sure a 180+ male going 40+ can take down a windshield. Besides, even if it DOES hold up, either head is going to go trough some severe trauma, or your neck is going o snap. Try it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fro.gif.c695f1f814b01c4ad99fe7f8cccadd29.gif

lol if it's that strong then he'll just crack is head open.

 

[Buffalohed 10+ year member]

Is anyone else getting really anxious for billabong to go get in a severe accident after reading this thread? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/cool.gif.3bcaf8f141236c00f8044d07150e34f7.gif

 

[billabongcr 5,000+ posts]

Im not really arguing, only trying to save him from his own ignorance. Though i won't really feel sorry if he goes through the windshield one of these days, would be a good story to watch on television //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/*******.gif.a649d21efc0d1fd4890a6428166586c1.gif

Going off of your logic, your statistics mean nothing. Out of hundreds if not thousands of shops in the U.S., yours could be totally different than the rest.

BTW, with todays statistical evidence, its pretty common to be within plus or minus 5% of the true number, depending on how the study was done.

driving is generalized it really is. i live in daytona beach, close to the racetrack. experts say that has some phycological influence on the way people drive. but the bottom line is no matter if its 1 or 100000, it still happens. you have your opinion, i have mine. and in no way was i saying i was right and you were wrong and you should see it my way. i shared my experience and how i feel on the subject. do i wear my seatbelt? yes. sometimes. nowhere near the amount the law would like, but i do. but either way whether people wear them or not the fact is if it came down to it they still get in an accident to need it. and as long as people are wrecking their cars..i get paid. its good job security. im out.

 

[billabongcr 5,000+ posts]

i remember one day i got pissed and through a pop bottle at my windshield and cracked the whole right side of it. i'm sure if a 200+ pound man is flying at it and 55 mph it'll shatter

remember the little experiment im sure youve heard of. a man laying on a bed of nails. if it was one nail in the middle of his back, it would have dont damage. alot over a spread out area isnt so bad.

yes, if you hit a windshield you will get hurt. thats not what im arguing. yall love to take what people say and completely blow shit out of proportion. especially the person ive quoted. i in no way implied not wearing a seatbelt is safer.

have fun debating the topic youve changed my origional post into.

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

Is anyone else getting really anxious for billabong to go get in a severe accident after reading this thread? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/cool.gif.3bcaf8f141236c00f8044d07150e34f7.gif

i believe i already declared my thoughts on it on page 2.

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

remember the little experiment im sure youve heard of. a man laying on a bed of nails. if it was one nail in the middle of his back, it would have dont damage. alot over a spread out area isnt so bad.
yes, if you hit a windshield you will get hurt. thats not what im arguing. yall love to take what people say and completely blow shit out of proportion. especially the person ive quoted. i in no way implied not wearing a seatbelt is safer.

have fun debating the topic youve changed my origional post into.

so then what point were you trying to make about the windshield?

 

[billabongcr 5,000+ posts]

Is anyone else getting really anxious for billabong to go get in a severe accident after reading this thread? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/cool.gif.3bcaf8f141236c00f8044d07150e34f7.gif

mature. karmas a skank.