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Do you know what happens in the first FATAL second to a car traveling at 55 miles per hour when it hits a solid object?
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In the first tenth of a second, the front bumper & grill are destroyed
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During second tenth of a second, front body starts bending, raising & striking windshield while rear wheels raise off road
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Simultaneously, front wheel wells begin to wrap around the solid object
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Although frame has come to a stop, remainder of car continues to travel at 55 MPH
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Driver’s instinct is to stretch out legs to brace for impact but they break at knee joints
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During third tenth of a second, steering wheel begins to disintegrate & steering column reaches driver’s chest
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In four tenths of a second, car’s first 2’ destroyed, while car body begins to split apart as it is still traveling at 55 MPH
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Fifth tenth of a second, driver remains impaled by steering column & lungs begin to fill with blood
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Impact so strong in sixth tenth of a second that the feet come out of shoes although they are well tied
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Brake/clutch pedals are wrapped around the feet
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Car frame doubles in half & driver’s head strikes windshield while the still rotating wheels fall to the road
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In seventh tenth of a second, axles & doors collapse, trapping the driver
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It does not disturb the driver because he is already dead & the last three tenths of a second do not mean anything to him
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Now, Who Wants To Wear A Seat Belt?
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