[Milsurplus] Blood n Guts

[C.Whitaker]

de WB2CPN
Just before I left the USAF in 1966 the rule was this:
If you use your personal vehicle at Government expense,
it had to have seat belts installed.  TDY travel.
One one occasion I'm sure that seat belts saved my butt.
In a near collision it kept me in control of the vehicle.
Another time I helped remove a dead driver from a car
that was whacked in an accident.  The seat belt was
neatly folded under the seat.
Clete
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On 11/12/2013 10:48 PM, J. Forster wrote:
> No, but I DO think that the government MANDATING them is. It should be a
> personal choice. Same for an ever growing myriad of other things.
>
> If I like the taste of trans-fat or salt or sugar, it's none of anybodies'
> business but mine.
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> Virtually every government mandate is another assaullt on personal liberty.
>
> As the current debacles prove, the government does NOT 'know best'.
>
> YMWV,
>
> -John
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>> Are you saying seat belts are a bad thing?
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>> On 11/12/2013 9:05 PM, J. Forster wrote:
>>> Hardly a surprise because seat belts were not required until more than a
>>> decade after Patton was killed.
>>>
>>> The Progressive bastion of WI as first
>>>
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seat_belt_legislation#United_States
>>>
>>> -John
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>>>> According to the cited article no seat belts in the General's car (A
>>>> Cadillac BTW) front or back....
>>>>
>>>> DD
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>>>> On Nov 12, 2013, at 4:44 PM, Peter Gottlieb wrote:
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>>>>> Remember that back then seat belt use wasn't very common.  That car
>>>>> might not have even had them installed!  And even these days in
>>>>> limos and cabs most people don't bother.  He was just really unlucky.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 11/12/2013 2:19 PM, mac wrote:
>>>>>> Excellent article!  If he had only been wearing his seat
>>>>>> belt.........
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dennis D.  W7QHO
>>>>>> Glendale, CA
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>>>>>> On Nov 11, 2013, at 4:20 PM, Joe Connor wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Glen:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>      Here's an interesting article on Patton's accident and
>>>>>>> subsequent medical treatment.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://pattonthirdarmy.com/Heildelbergtrippages/Patton%20Death%20by%20MD.pdf
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Joe Connor
>>>>>>>
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