Hrm, I got my post backwards. I posted something (the seatbelt trivia) that sounds WRONG at first but is actually true.
Son, y’all better have a cite for that, or by golly I’m going to WHOOSH ya!
That’s a paddling!
I imagine that in serious car accidents, those not wearing seatbelts tend not to require as much medical care, as they tend to be deader.
Bingo. Mind you, I know this via anecdote, but as we all know, data is merely the plural of anecdote! ducks
But anyhow, supposedly that came up as an argument by lobbyists arguing against seat belt laws. They did a study of people going to the ER, and found that there were a LOT of folks who wore seatbelts that ended up in the ER, and very few WITHOUT seatbelts needing to go there. Hah! Proof that seatbelts are unsafe!
Their opposition came back with the other half of the information they lacked: The numbers of people WITHOUT seatbelts who ended up in the morgue.
About time fella, I just about ready to pull out my can of WHOOSH-ASS!
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