wear your seat belts even in the bush

[mickashay]

monday night lost a good friend when his 4x4 rolled down a ledge while out around jamison he was not wearing his seatbelt and was ejected and crushed by his truck,if he was wearing his belt he most likely would have been ok so always wear your belt :(

[V8Landy]

Sorry to hear mate. i always wear mine;)

[p38arover]

Sorry to hear that, too, Mick. That's the second one I've heard of in the past year.

[VladTepes]

Yeah very sad to hear.

Similar thing happened at one of the 4WD parks uop this way a year or so ago
When it coes dwn to it a seat belt is on the the best safety devics available.
Especially on an "ease of use" vs benefit comparison.

[weeds]

sorry to hear of your friend..........

yes i wear it most of the time, alway low range stuff

i see plenty of pics/vid on the forum....regularly.....of guys not wearing there seat belts

and sorry, i don't agree that it restricts your movement in the cab while driving a a section of rough stuff

[Andy-M]

Sorry to hear.

A hard way to learn, lets hope others can learn from it.

Condolences to his friends and family.


Andy

[Cap]

Very sorry to hear about that mate :(

I was guilty of not wearing seat belts whilst in the bush. Now I do, but what I also sometimes do if place the belt that come accross your chest behind me, so basically I still can move my torso but the belt is locked around my waist. A good compromise I think...

[waynep]

OMG that's awful.
I didn't see it in the news.
What track was it ?

[Disco_owner]

Sorry to hear about Loss of your mate :( That's one of the 1st things I got taught when I first started 4wheeling is to wear a Belt at all times.:(

[Chops]

Sorry to hear about your mate Mick, its always hard to lose one.
Lets us remember how fragile we really are, and how important safety is to us all.

Chops

[strangy]

Sorry to hear,

May I add, for airbag equipped vehicles,
do NOT let your passenger put their feet on the dash. An activation will cause massive internal injuries, or death, from their knees being driven into their chest.

Again sorry for your loss.

[loanrangie]

**** mate thats bloody awful, i feel naked without my belt on so always wear it.

[953]

Sorry to hear Mick, thats just terrible, condolences to the family.
Dean.

[tech_support]

A while ago, my wife and I were travelling through the central Victorian highlands and were stopped at a police breathalyser point. I was a good boy and blew 00 and as it was very quiet on the road, we started chatting to the Senior Constable. He mentioned to us that he attended an MVA (car crash) earlier that day... It was a P38 that had rolled about 7 or 8 times down an embankment and both of the occupants were ok, but the P38 was totalled :( He reckons that the seatbelts saved their lives as well.

It's always bad when you hear of someone being hurt or worse, sorry about your mate.

Regards,
Mick.

[George130]

Sorry to hear.
Always wear mine.

[51jay]

Why would you NOT wear your seatbelt when driving rough terrain ??

[weeds]

Why would you NOT wear your seatbelt when driving rough terrain ??

have a look through trip reports and it will amaze you how many drivers do not wear their seat belts

[Grockle]

Condolences to family and friends.

[p38arover]

May I add, for airbag equipped vehicles,
do NOT let your passenger put their feet on the dash. An activation will cause massive internal injuries, or death, from their knees being driven into their chest.

I see that quite often.

I had one of my passengers try it in MY car. I was rather annoyed that he'd even consider doing it in my car.