Wear your seatbelt folks!

[RIVICON]

This happened in Flagler Beach, FL yesterday. Stay safe Jeeples! Two Trauma Evacuated, Including Child, in 3-Vehicle Crash Near Flagler Beach Bridge | FlaglerLive

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[ConqSoft]

Unless I missed it, the story doesn't indicate if seatbelts were worn. But, if people were thrown out I would tend to lean toward the assumption they were not.

Still boggles my mind that people drive around without seatbelts. It's muscle memory for me.

 

[Jtclayton612]

Friend works in trauma as a surgeon and the outlook for those who get ejected from vehicles is always pretty terrifying if they don’t come in DOA.

 

[John VonJeep]

Doesn’t look like a terribly violent rollover. The structure of the roof appears to be largely intact. Seems quite survivable if you aren’t ejected.

Some people seem to have a weird attitude that Jeep = total freedom and normal rules don’t apply. I agree that Jeeps are a way to find freedom and use mine to explore all over the place. However, the laws of physics don’t care if you’re driving a Wrangler.

 

[Hearhear]

Oh that was a 392 V8 model. I have a 392 XR and feel weird sometimes on the highway going at high speed. Feels like one jerk of the wheel at high speed and flipping is almost guaranteed. Seatbelts yes, definitely, but also be safe when approaching intersections and driving at high speed. Slow down like an old fart in those Jeeps if you have to.

 

[smokeythecat]

Still boggles my mind that people drive around without seatbelts. It's muscle memory for me.

The last time I visited my country relatives in Iowa they were still not wearing seatbelts. I had to dig around underneath the seat to find mine. To top it off, one of those relative's son was in an accident and in a bizarre twist the highway patrolman said he probably would have been severely injured if he had been wearing his seatbelt. I'm sure that cemented their anti-seatbelt stance.

 

[JuzaMe]

Article states 3 occupants thrown from vehicle, then later states the child was extricated from the vehicle, so at least 2 were not wearing seat belts...just can't fix stupid!

 

[ogo]

Unless I missed it, the story doesn't indicate if seatbelts were worn. But, if people were thrown out I would tend to lean toward the assumption they were not.

Still boggles my mind that people drive around without seatbelts. It's muscle memory for me.

Agreed, driving without a seatbelt just feels weird to me at this point

 

[five9dak]

Oh that was a 392 V8 model. I have a 392 XR and feel weird sometimes on the highway going at high speed. Feels like one jerk of the wheel at high speed and flipping is almost guaranteed. Seatbelts yes, definitely, but also be safe when approaching intersections and driving at high speed. Slow down like an old fart in those Jeeps if you have to.

It is good to have a healthy respect for how poor a chassis the wrangler truly is for a high performance drivetrain.

I grew up with a 5.9 grand cherokee, worked at a Jeep dealership when the SRT-8 came out, had plenty of experience building and racing trucks. Eventually you learn some platforms really are better off in the right lane. The fast jeeps are a fun novelty, and its neat Jeep produced them, but they are not sports cars and should not be driven like one, especially around traffic that is more capable in braking and turning.

 

[Pig-Pen]

dibs on the wheels

 

[Canucklesammich]

It is good to have a healthy respect for how poor a chassis the wrangler truly is for a high performance drivetrain.

I grew up with a 5.9 grand cherokee, worked at a Jeep dealership when the SRT-8 came out, had plenty of experience building and racing trucks. Eventually you learn some platforms really are better off in the right lane. The fast jeeps are a fun novelty, and its neat Jeep produced them, but they are not sports cars and should not be driven like one, especially around traffic that is more capable in braking and turning.

IIRC, that's why Jeep won't put the 392 in a 2 door...too unstable.

 

[AcesandEights]

I often don't wear a belt. The life you save may be your own.

 

[utjmac]

This was someone's son in one of our other 392 groups. He was effectively T-boned, as the owner described, and with folks still in the hospital, please keep the family in your thoughts and prayers.

Be safe out there!

 

[Benny]

When I was young and had cars I never wore a seatbelt.
I bought my first Jeep a 88' YJ and It didn't take long before I always used a seatbelt.
I'm not sure what was worse my YJ or Dad's postal jeep on a tight curve.

I hope the people in that jeep all get well soon.

 

[GtX]

He was effectively T-boned, as the owner described,

I used to think "green means go" but now know "green means check that no one else is going to blow their red".

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