Seatbelt: A Short Story

On a cold winter, rainy night while driving from one duty station to the next was where my vehicle spun around, flipping, tossing and causing my life to unfold and facing a loss like no other. The turmoil of life hit me hard just from this single tragedy alone. My vehicle was totaled, I loss conscious and was rushed to the hospital. Never expected such an incident to occur so abruptly and rob me of all my self-worth. I’ve became someone, someone incapacitated, not able to function like I normally should.

This law is about the safety for children under the age of six. It is for the Florida area. It will give children more safety and a safer car ride. Your travel to your destination will get you there safer and quicker. If you want to go to the beach and another car is on your side on the rode and a child is in your back seat the child could get seriously hurt. Kids are the next generation and we need to make the right decisions so that the make the right choices for their kids.

Every day my friends and I would leave school for lunch before my off campus class. So just like a normal day the plan was to meet my friend Ally at Taco Bell. I was just jamming to my music and almost to the red light by the restaurant when I felt a tremendous jerk and my entire car was moving into the ongoing lanes. I screamed and tried to pull the steering wheel back into my lane. In that moment it felt like my heart was about to race out of my chest. I was terrified, angry, nervous, and confused all at the same time.

I heard myself scream. Crash. Glass from the back window flies forward in slow motion, it looked like snow. Jolted forward, I hit my head and

lts saved morethan 211,000 lives nationwide.(Roeber). In 2005, had all passenger vehicle occupantsover age four used safety straps, an additional 5,300 lives would have been saved. Is itthat much trouble just to buckle up? Conversely, Automobile seat belts save lives anddo not violate civil rights, an Alberta judge has ruled. The judgment, by Provincial CourtJudge Hubert Oliver, is believed to be the first time in Canada that a judge has ruled onthe safety of the belts.(Cox). Seat belts became mandatory in Alberta last spring,despite an outcry from some people who believed they should not be forced to use thedevices. The law was challenged by Calgary motorcycle stunt man Kim Maier a fewweeks after it passed(Cox). One defense witness, John Adams of the University Collegein London, England, testified that in 13 countries he had studied where seat belt lawshad been introduced, there was no evidence that road injuries had reduced. InAustralia, the first country to introduce mandatory seat belt legislation (in 1970) fatalitiesamong pedestrians and cyclists rose, Dr. Adams

I weaved on the sidewalk, around rocks, sticks and cracks. I exageratted the movement as best I could. I looked up and saw a white camry drive past me, just like mine. I craned my neck to follow it with my eyes. I looked ahead just in time to see my front tire slam into a raised edge of sidewalk. The shock resonated through mine and the bike’s body. And I felt the resistance of peddling disappear and I watched my chain fall off my bike. I began the slow deceleration out of hyperdrive and the world became more and more in focus. I didn’t hit my brakes, and I eventually glided to a slow stop. I closed my eye and took a deep sigh. I looked back at my chain a few hundred feet back laying flat and straight on the ground. And I felt a flash of intesne sadness, that even surprised me a little. But it was soon overcome by a dull and familiar sense of a harsh abusive reality toying with my existence. Chipping away a little here, and a little there,

A young man was being pulled over for not wearing his seat belt, while the officer was writing the violator a citation, a drunk, and speeding driver haphazardly sped past them running into a guiltless bystander. It may seem like having more stringent seat belt laws is a reputable idea; Nevertheless, It is not the most feasible way to maintain safety on the road, Drivers would be safer if they merely exercised some common sense to put down their cell phones and paid attention to the road. Failing to wear a seat belt should not be illegal because it only affects the driver’s safety, it is impractical for police to enforce, and lastly, the majority of people already wears a seat belt.

The speakers were blaring AC/DC’s “For Those About to Rock”, my hands saluting in the air, I was headed to bear lake in my car and was well. Then it happened. A full 900 degree barrel, on the interstate going 80mph. So there I was sitting on the interstate, in the dark, upside-down in my car. The cause of this crash was a simple fluke. My right tire was not inflated and it popped. So when I hit the brakes my car dug into the road and flipped. At this point in my life I had never had something that dramatic happen. For the next week and a half I found glass, in crevices it should never be found.

Car seats lifts children up so that the lap and shoulder seat belt fits over the strongest part of the child’s body. A vehicle seat belt is shaped to shield an average adult sized male. These child safety seats (CSS) help protect our children when properly installed until the kids are big enough for the adult seat belt. Safety seats are made to keep our children safe yet improper use is the leading cause of injury and death for children under the age of eight. Inappropriate use placed the child at a higher risk, “for ejection from the vehicle, injury to the head, neck, abdomen, and spinal cord” (public health; crash

In order to commence an awe-inspiring journey, one must have legitimate support to get them off to a great start and keep them going till they scorch pass the finish line. It’s like getting on to a rollercoaster and having to put on seatbelts in order for the ride to begin. I have been working diligently towards searching and applying for a myriad of scholarships and financial aid in order to constitute a virtual seatbelt that will protect me throughout my college career. The dilemma is not that people lack money for college, but rather it’s that people lack effort in searching for help. Without that protection in place one could plunge into debt and instead of leaving college to pursue a dream one could end up cemented in a nightmare.

Then, in an instant, the wheels stopped. Suddenly we were rolling. Crashing around in our huge, blue truck all I felt was vertigo. The only thing keeping us from bouncing around the mega cab like bouncy balls were the seatbelts we all had on. I heard screams, but I wasn’t sure if they were mine or

We have all heard the excuses before, "It's uncomfortable, I'm only going around the corner", I'd rather be thrown out of a car than be stuck in a seatbelt," and my favorite, "I'm a good driver I don't need to wear one." Well you may be a good driver but there are situations beyond your control such as bad weather, road conditions and not to mention other drivers that can affect your safety. Seat belts can mean the difference between life and death in an auto accident. Wearing a seat belt every time you enter a vehicle is not only the smart thing to do it is the right thing because it saves lives, it's the law and it will save you money.

One morning, last December, as I was on my way to school, I witnessed a horrific T-bone accident right before my eyes. A black car took a red light and got hit which led to his car flipping and skidding all the way down the street. A gray car was driven into a pole and had the front of the

Precious lives are being taken day by day because of automobile accidents that could easily be prevented by one click of the belt. People are so ignorant to the fact that this safety device can save lives that they don’t care to wear one or they don’t think it’s cool. Many overlook the true meaning of seatbelts because “it’s uncomfortable” or “they forget” without realizing the safety measures that the seat belts have, and when they are injured in an accident and are not wearing a seatbelt, often find excuses as to why. Seat belts are referred to as “the best invention ever made” because of the affect they have on society. Wearing seat belts is one of the most important aspects of driving because it could potentially save lives.

The glass shattered into a million pieces, I felt the force of being thrown backwards like gravity had suddenly changed directions, and then it changed again, thrusting me forwards. I looked down at the steering wheel as the airbag inflated, everything was in slow motion, but I missed the airbag, and flew right over it through the windscreen and onto the car in front, bouncing off onto the ground. The daily trip to the gym doesn’t usually go like this, something must be wrong. Minutes later the sirens echoed through the wreck of the three cars, I waited on the ground; the whole world was upside down now. I watched as my owner got dragged out of the wreck, his legs were in worse shape than the cars, and let me tell you the cars were in very bad shape. I prayed that he wouldn’t forget me; I prayed that he would come back for me and find me. And he did. It was only an hour later when he came back for me. He rolled up on a chair with wheels to the scene of the accident, which turned out to be a crime scene because the car that ran up the back as stolen. He lifted the tape up and rolled under it, then came and picked me up. He dusted me off and then put me back on his eyes where I belonged, I was his favourite pair of sunglasses, I was his one and only, and he loved me, so I knew he would come back for me.