Police hunting RV in Atlanta Area

Looks like they found the RV, too. Link.

RV Driver named:

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/police-ask-rv-driver-to-surrender-for-fatal-wreck/nbbNj/

many years ago friend at work's daughter was in a van with 5-6 others going from Rockville to the Eastern Shore. they had a wreck and his daughter was ejected thru the windshield and banged up pretty bad but made full recovery and the other 4-5 in the van were killed.
after the dust settled, once again the subject came up that she was lucky she wasn't belted in as she would have been killed along with the other 5. My comment was that I would bet that none of them were belted in and if they all had been, from the appearances of the van, most or all would have survived. no body disputed that statement.
bumpy

subcamper wrote:
I want to know where these openings are in a car where you will be "ejected to safety"?

Unless you are in a convertible with the top down, you are either going through glass or sheet metal.

Steve

More like extruded.

I want to know where these openings are in a car where you will be "ejected to safety"?

Unless you are in a convertible with the top down, you are either going through glass or sheet metal.

Steve

I had a friend who was killed when he was ejected from his SUV and it rolled over top of him. There wasn't a lot of damage to the vehicle and he would likely only had minor injuries if he had been strapped in.

If being ejected is safer than staying in the vehicle, motorcycles should be safer than cars.

What I usually tell a nut who doesn't "believe" in wearing a seatbelt is to look at that explosive--yet potentially life saving--device on the steering wheel or dash. "So you want your head slammed against THAT when it explodes? Go for it, cupcake."



Michael

hitchup wrote:
A Prius owner not wearing a seatbelt, I'm not surprised he was killed.

Why do you think the person riding in the passenger seat is the owner? I would assume it belonged to the driver.

UPDATE:
Police have identified and found the suspect. He is a Canadian who owns property in Florida and was in Florida when found. He is facing vehicular homicide charges.

I used to teach driver's ed to kids--I would hear all the time "a friend of a friend's 3rd cousin's uncle would have been killed if he wore a seatbelt."
I would ask what was the result of the crash and would hear he was paralyzed or was expected to walk in a couple of years.
The other excuse was " what if the car was submerged and they couldn't unlock the belt?". My reply was if you're knocked unconscious because you didn't buckle up, you drown.
In general, like Bumpy, I don't care about stupid people who don't buckle up.
You usually read about them in the paper.
Seatbelts can't prevent 100% of fatalities since some crashes are so bad that they are impossible to survive.
A few years ago, I came upon a relatively minor crash where the car was spun around. The police were standing in a ditch in 2 groups near the car. EMS was further down the ditch working on the live people in the other car. I knew immediately there were at least 2 fatalities. Both thrown through the windows as the car spun. The damage was at the rear and I doubt there would have been anything but bruises if they were belted in.