[katiesue]

Seatbelts used to bother me. In fourth grade a kid in my class was killed from internal injuries caused by his seat belt (it was only a lap belt back in those days).

Once I learned to drive my parents gave me some story about your insurance not being valid if you wern't wearing one (not sure that this was in any way true) so I always made sure I was wearing one.

My best friend got ejected in a rollover accident and died from head trauma. No seatbelt. Her boyfriend who was driving had one on, only broke his arm. The couple in the back seat also wern't wearing belts and had all kinds of severe injuries. That was lesson enough for me.

Snowflake I'm glad your friend will be ok.