<VV> Importance of seat belts, was: Woman killed in Corvair accident

Louis Armer carmerjr at mindspring.com
Sun Aug 17 18:03:00 EDT 2008


Looking at the Corvair and where it was struck How can anyone say 
that seat belts would have saved this
dear lady. The drunk bastard should be executed for the innocent life 
he took. PERIOD !!!
Chuck Armer
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  At 04:10 PM 8/17/2008, you wrote:
>(Article edited for brevity)
>
>First let me express my sympathies to the family. Also let me say that I
>don't mean to distract from the impact (no pun intended) such a tragic
>accident will have on them.
>
>However, this should offer a good lesson for anyone out there who 1)doesn't
>wear seat belts, or 2) doesn't have them in their car, regardless of its
>vintage. No antique car club that I know of discourages the installation of
>seat belts in ANY antique car, no matter what vintage it is. Regardless, so
>many antique cars don't have seat belts retrofitted to them. This is a
>dangerous situation, as this accident shows that accidents can happen at
>any time, and even to the most carefully driven antique car.
>
>Therefore, I think that maybe this is a good opportunity for CORSA as a
>club to lead the way in requiring working seat belts for all passengers in
>ALL vehicles that are entered in any of its events. I think it would allow
>something positive to happen as a result of this tragedy.
>
>-Mark
>
>
> > [Original Message]
> > Subject: Re: <VV> Woman killed in Corvair accident
> >
> > >From the South Bend Tribune
> > Man charged with OWI in fatal Mishawaka crash
> > Victim and her husband were on way to classic car show
> >
> > By JEFF PARROTT
> > Tribune Staff Writer
> >
> > Police have arrested a South Bend man on a charge of operating a vehicle
> > while intoxicated, causing death, in connection with a fatal crash this
> > morning on Lincoln Way East.
> >
> > Shortly after 7 a.m., Derek Dygulski, 34, of the 4200 block of Irish Hills
> > Drive, was driving his Chevy Cobalt west on Lincoln Way, near Oakside
>Avenue
> > and Twin Branch Elementary School, when he veered across the centerline
>and
> > struck an eastbound vehicle nearly head-on, said Mishawaka Police Capt.
>Tim
> > Spencer.
> >
> > The impact killed Carol Ragsdale, 60, a passenger in the other vehicle, a
> > blue 1964 Corvair driven by her husband, Kenneth Ragsdale, 60. The
> > Ragsdales, of the 1300 block of Providence Court in the Reverewood
> > subdivision, had been on their way to an antique car show in Dowagiac,
> > Spencer said.
> >
> > Neither of the Ragsdales had been wearing seat belts because the Corvair
>did
> > not have them, Spencer said. Dygulski was wearing a seat belt and his
>airbag
> > deployed. He complained of chest pain but was treated and released from
>the
> > hospital before being booked into the St. Joseph County Jail, where he was
> > held without bond pending formal charges.
> >
> > Mr. Ragsdale's most severe injury was a broken femur.
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/5gtc8g
> >
>
>
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