Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:32:04 -0600
Reply-To: Mike South <msouth@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Mike South <msouth@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Moab man dies in I-70 crash
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On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 5:10 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
> it does say 'extract him from the vehicle' suggesting he may have been
> belted in.
> and besides..............ALL vanagon driver's wear their seatbelts, right
> !!
> ?
>
> on Oregon, fwiw, the newspaper reports often say if the people had their
> seat belts on or not. .
> I haven't seen any pictures of this crash ...
> but often, when it's a bad crash , particularly rollovers, if they weren't
> wearing belts, they often get ejected from the vehicle.
>
> since they had to 'extract' him from the wreck I lean toward suspecting he
> was belted.
>
> not much info, it just says 'driving on ice, and slid off the road'.
> No idea if that means a rollover, or he smashed straight into a rock or a
> tree or whatever.
>
> At least the guy made it to 74 years old....way, way longer than many
> people
> make it to.
>
Also, if I'm gunna go, hey, let it be while driving my VW...although I guess
I would like the vw to miraculously survive for my descendants...maybe I'm
too picky. I wonder if you can do the chess match with death thing on
behalf of the vehicle you were in?
(Not to make light of the situation--but in all seriousness I think I would
prefer to be driving along a beautiful part of the country when I kick it
then a lot of other lingering, struggling, situations (because I'm a wimp,
I'll admit). Also sounds like he was in the car alone and no other cars
were involved, so no concern about having taken someone with him, etc.
Although it is sad there is also a lot of positive, I guess is what I'm
saying. Live your life to the fullest so that when it's over there's
nothing to regret. Which is to say, drive a vanagon :) )
mike
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrew Grebneff" <goose1047@GMAIL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 1:31 PM
> Subject: Re: Moab man dies in I-70 crash
>
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>>
>>
>> What's the bet this turkey wasn't wearing his seatbelt?
>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards
>> Andrew Grebneff
>> Dunedin
>> New Zealand
>> Fossil preparator
>> Mollusc, Toyota & VW van fan
>>
>
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