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Callico CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Author of "Stranded at Romson's Lodge Posts: 4916 Aurora IL Gender:	Re: WEAR YOUR SEAT BELTS Reply #25 - Oct 5^th, 2008 at 7:40pm Cat, So glad you are OK. You are right about the seat belt usage. Please take care of yourself. Jerry
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Mastifflvr28 CH.com Alumnus Offline clusterbusters.com Posts: 3624 Bellingham, WA Gender:	Re: WEAR YOUR SEAT BELTS Reply #26 - Oct 5^th, 2008 at 9:33pm Musta been that plastic Jesus on yer dashboard that saved ya. Cat...you have the WORST luck...but the BEST luck of anyone I know... Seat belt goes on before car goes into gear here...the whole family is trained. Now...as for texting whilst driving...no more. Love, one of your sisters Mast
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Re: WEAR YOUR SEAT BELTS
Reply #27 - Oct 5^th, 2008 at 11:16pm

Glad to hear that you're okay, Cat, and that you walked away relatively unscathed. Frightening.

Seat belt usage is mandatory for everyone who rides in our cars--a seat belt saved my life in a head-on collision when I was eighteen (icy roads). It was only a lap belt at the time...as it was, I struck my throat on the steering column and damaged my larynx. It took years to heal completely.

Wear 'em, folks.

All the best,

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Langa CH.com Alumnus Offline So many donuts, such little time... Posts: 4754 x0\|\|USA\|usa\|0\|0\|NJ,New_Jersey Gender:	Re: WEAR YOUR SEAT BELTS Reply #28 - Oct 6^th, 2008 at 12:28am That looks really scary...and you walked away with only bruises...? Thank God you're okay. Langa
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Bob P CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Shut up Bob! Posts: 4573 Clio,California Gender:	Re: WEAR YOUR SEAT BELTS Reply #29 - Oct 6^th, 2008 at 6:40am Yep. My oldest daughter rolled her car 2 1/2 times in the highway median. Walked away with a broken collar bone from the seatbelt. Better that then a broken neck!
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Reply #30 - Oct 6^th, 2008 at 8:41am

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Glad you are OK! How the heck did you find yourself rolling down a mountain side?

Well ya see it's like this LOL - we moved to Western North Carolina - the blue ridge and smoky's (yeah I know you guys west of the Colorado think these is hills) but when you put a fish - I grew up next to the rivers and great lakes (literally next to them they were across the road) and then moved to Nebraska (where I was miserable - did you know they only have 3 seasons green yellow and brown?) I'm from the EAST damnit we have 4 seasons here the they call it fall/autumn, when we we are at Ft. Drum and I drove Clark to the hills (I won't call them Adirondacks mountains ok? hehe) he saw the bright bright red in person for the first time and looked at me and said "that ain't natural" So When the military told us we were moving (don't even get me started that Clark was supposed to get out at 20 years, he now has 24.....) to Asheville NC by the Chief Master Sgt of AFWA - the Air Force Weather Agency (E9 not that it matters it's like the chief msgt of the af, rank stops having meaning), I was not amused - then Clark tried to say but I don't want to move - or more precisely my wife isn't moving - Clark (who is senior msgt - E8) was given a list of 15 bases and told rack and stack 'em. I said lets got to Asheville.....

In other words, the military moved us here for the old Air Combat Climatology Center now the 14 Weather Sqaudron (yes, Clark is a meteorologist for anyone who didn't know).

And then I was driving the snake back road that goes down from our house (as Clark calls the road) less than a mile from my house on my way to pick my daughter up from school when I moved my purse from the center console to the passenger seat - up here - all 1000 ft that our house is - and that's all it took - I went off the road driving with the passenger side to the mountain (down the mountain) and now we are car shopping, you can say what you want about KIA but that van (a Sedona) was heavy, and it saved my life - now when Clark found another KIA Sedona, white even - needless to say I said F UCK NO, not just no, but F UCK NO.

And that's what I was doing on a mountain.

Cat

p.s. any recommendations from anyone??? (must seat 5 and a dog on 695 mile trip??

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Reply #31 - Oct 6^th, 2008 at 9:05am

Mastifflvr28 wrote on Oct 5^th, 2008 at 9:33pm:

Musta been that plastic Jesus on yer dashboard that saved ya.
Cat...you have the WORST luck...but the BEST luck of anyone I know...

Love, one of your sisters
Mast

Girl ain't that the truth! LOL I read that and busted out laughing, gotta call RJ and tell him his plastic Jesus saved me LOLOLOL.

2 days before me, my nephew had an accident, he had his legs pinned in the vehicle, he's ok though but his girlfriend (apparently ex now) was texting when they hit a telephone pole.

I'm tellin ya, those trees and poles, they don't like cars!

Geez here in podunkville I even made the breaking news with a pic of the van still on it's roof. The reporter was on scene within 20 min. grrrr If I can get the pic of the vehicle upside down off the newspaper I'll post it - but small like just for you Wink

Love Cat (Always one of your sisters - do you think RJ would object to being called a sister? LOL)

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Mastifflvr28 CH.com Alumnus Offline clusterbusters.com Posts: 3624 Bellingham, WA Gender:	Re: WEAR YOUR SEAT BELTS Reply #32 - Oct 6^th, 2008 at 9:56am catlind wrote on Oct 6^th, 2008 at 9:05am: Love Cat (Always one of your sisters - do you think RJ would object to being called a sister? LOL) He may have some choice words for you, but that's the fun part about chattin with Mr. Happy Glad you are ok, Mast
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echo CH.com Alumnus Offline Chronic and still alive --- I Win! Posts: 4544 Overland Park, KS Gender:	Re: WEAR YOUR SEAT BELTS Reply #33 - Oct 6^th, 2008 at 4:25pm Glad that you made it out of that uninjured. I think moderate body work may be in order before you can get that one back on the road.
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Re: WEAR YOUR SEAT BELTS
Reply #34 - Oct 7^th, 2008 at 4:05am

Cat I am gald you are ok, I have to agree aboult wearing steat belts I had a one just like you a few months ago and walked away with LOTS of brusres, I had a small car, and they had to use jaws of life to get me out. So I now have a two door car the only problem is that the two doors on the same side

so my car looks a little worse then yours, I don't know how to post pictures But I am So happy that you also were able to walk away also.
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Reply #35 - Oct 7^th, 2008 at 5:16am

Hey Cat,
I Live here too! Remember, John(sailpappy) who also drives a Kia Sedona(2006)
and an Isuzu Trooper(1994)
and a Yamaha YZF600RB(1998),
its not the car that ran off the road Lady, and thats the point, you have to stay on the road or go cliff diving, I think about it all the time when I am laying my bike into the curves that have Cliff's straight up on one side and straight down on the other!
You haveto put the communicator down and stop contacting the MotherShip when your driving around the curves! Thats all! I'll sell you my Kia Sedona if you want a 2006 with 42,000 miles on it! John

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catlind CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Surf's Up! Posts: 4536 Weaverville NC Gender:	Re: WEAR YOUR SEAT BELTS Reply #36 - Oct 7^th, 2008 at 6:04am John I think it will be MONTHS before you can talk me back into a KIA - that sucker is heavy as get out, and it saved my life. And the KIA went off the road because I was moving my purse from the center to the passenger seat. That's all it took - up here, that's all it takes. Lesson learned. Cat
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Reply #37 - Oct 8^th, 2008 at 10:18pm

We finally got the other pics up from the crash if anyone wants to look, the passenger side looks fine, although none of the doors actually work hehe.

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For the life of me I can't figure out how the back hatch window blew out and was all the way in front of the vehicle and embedded in the windshield, dash and drivers window.....

Some stuff fell out of my purse and fell back in broken - or broke and only half of it fell out either or, weird stuff..... wish I'd have been able to find my glasses though - contacts for me until I get new ones *sigh*

The one at the scene was taken about 30 minutes after the crash by the local news reporter, I was long gone. What baffled the firemen was why the van was falling up - the roof had been laying on the pavement - *grin* they just never dealt with the likes of me before Wink

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