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(former firefighter) I would look to local and state police for their reports. Any fatal accident with a possibility of foul play, or obvious foul play (DUI, et
by jaredstenquist 13y ago
(former firefighter) I would look to local and state police for their reports. Any fatal accident with a possibility of foul play, or obvious foul play (DUI, etc) resulted in us assisting the State Police reconstruction team while they processed the scene, measuring and photographing everything to the millimeter, because once we cleaned it up, there was no going back.
That said, I've also seen plenty of crazy vehicle accidents, including fires, many of which are hard to explain how they could have happened. For example, a car where the entire drivers side was smashed into the back seat from driving into a telephone pole. The driver's survival story? "Thank god i wasn't wearing a seatbelt and my car had a bench seat"... She moved over at the last second.
Seatbelts don't always save lives...
- mapt 13y agoOf course they don't, but survival rates for wearing a seatbelt are much higher than survival rates for not wearing a seatbelt. Personally, I want a 5-point harness if I ever end up driving in a risky fashion.
- jaredstenquist 13y agoAgreed. I certainly encourage seatbelt use as I saw far more people saved by using them than not. At one point we got to a streak of 8 or 9 rollovers with no injuries whatsoever. If the occupants were not wearing seat belts I can say for certain that streak would have ended earlier. On a positive note, the number of automobile fatalities each year has been on a steady decline. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_motor_vehicle_deaths_in_U.S._by_year http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_motor_vehicle_deaths_in...