Please wear your SEATBELT

We get lazy and ignore reminders to please wear your seat belt. Also known as safety belt,

A seat belt, also known as a safety belt, is a vehicle safety device designed to secure the occupant of a vehicle against harmful movement that may result during a collision or a sudden stop. A seat belt functions to reduce the likelihood of death or serious injury in a traffic collision by reducing the force of secondary impacts with interior strike hazards, by keeping occupants positioned correctly for maximum effectiveness of the airbag (if equipped) and by preventing occupants being ejected from the vehicle in a crash or if the vehicle rolls over. When driving, the driver and passengers are traveling at the same speed as the car. If the car suddenly stops or crashes, the driver and passengers continue at the same speed the car was going before it stopped. A seat belt applies an opposite force to the driver and passengers to prevent them from falling out or making contact with the interior of the car. Seat belts are considered as Primary Restraint Systems (PRS) as they play a vital role in occupant safety. (from Wikipedia)

I wear seat my seat belt even when the vehicle is stuck in traffic. I am used to it. When I remove it, It feels loose. I feel I would fall off my chair so I wear the seat belt all the time.

Please do so. Always. Every time. All the time.

The 30 year old daughter of our friends Bobby and Madet died yesterday early morning. She was driving home at 2 am, hit the sidewalk while going up the C5 flyover going northbound in front of The Grove. The airbag deployed but because she wasn’t wearing her seat belt, she suffered internal injuries from massive whiplash, shakes, and she probably hit the front or side of the interior of the vehicle. No one would ever know exactly what happened because she was alone in the car and there were no witnesses.
Edmund said she could have survived if she was wearing a seat belt.

Edmund went to the wake last night. I’ll go with him tomorrow night.

I couldn’t imagine the grief her parents and siblings are feeling. Indescribable pain.