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Lucky for me I was in another carriage but my father had to deal with the classic situation of a poor chap in a moment of poor judgement who stuck his head out of a moving train just as it went into a tunnel.

The carriage was full of his family so you can probably picture the scene.

It was one of my many odd experiences being dragged to away football (soccer over there) matches by my dad who was a steward on the special trains during such trips.

Other situations included being made to lay down in the aisle of another train with all the other children and having the adults shield us from the stones and broken glass when a bunch of Millwall 'fans' halted the train by blocking the line in an embankment and pelted it with stones and bricks from both sides. and having a coach almost over turned by a mob of hooligans.

The 70's were a rough time for following sport (not that I ever took an interest...I just liked the adventure of long journeys).

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ferris209 said:

 Never ever seen a seatbelt decapitate or hurt anyone, total myth. Seen lots of people dead because they weren't wearing their belt. Never had to say, "You were lucky you didn't have your seatbelt on!".

No, I didn't mean decapitated by the seatbelt, I meant decapitated by the windshield from not wearing a seatbelt. Head goes through the windshield, and the glass cuts it off as the weight of the body pulls it down. Obviously not very common place, or you'd have known exactly what I was talking about. Anyway, got the info I was looking for. Thanks. A bit to support her argument that I am nuts, and a bit to support mine that wearing a seatbelt isn't a bad idea.

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C3PX said:

No, I didn't mean decapitated by the seatbelt, I meant decapitated by the windshield from not wearing a seatbelt. Head goes through the windshield, and the glass cuts it off as the weight of the body pulls it down.

Oh, I see what you're saying now. That scenario is also completely impossible in every car manufactured after 1927. Those windshields and windows are made of safety glass so they shatter to a million pieces when impacted, sure they can cause small cuts, but they could never remove a limb or head. Glass in cars doesn't work like window panes in houses, they don't shard or have points. Once a cars window is busted, it will break apart real easy. I can clear a whole windshield out in under 10 seconds with my baton by scraping the edges of the frame. But the odd thing is that it holds people in the cars usually, they bounce off of it. Here's a good little write up on how safety glass works.

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/car-driving-safety/safety-regulatory-devices/question508.htm

 

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This really happened to me, so don't laugh:

It was way back when I was just a little bitty boy living in a box under the stairs in the corner of the basement of the house half a block down the street from Jerry's Bait shop.  You know the place.  Well anyway, back then life was going swell and everything was just peachy.

Except, of course, for the undeniable fact that every single morning, My mother would make me a big bowl of sauerkraut for breakfast.

A big bowl of sauerkraut.
Every single morning.
It was driving me crazy.

I said to my mom: I said "Hey, mom, what's with all the sauerkraut?"
And my dear, sweet mother- She just looked at my like a cow looks at an oncoming train and she leaned right down next to me.  And she said "IT'S GOOD FOR YOU"  And then she tied me to the wall and stuck a funnel in my mouth.  And force fed me nothing but sauerkraut until I was twenty six and a half years old.  That's when I swore that someday: Someday I would get outta that basement and travel to a magical, far away place where the sun is always shining and the air smells like warm root beer.  And the towels are oh so fluffy.  Where the shriners and the lepers play their ukuleles all day long.  And anyone on the street will glady shave your back for a nickel

Well, let me tell you, people, it wasn't long at all before my dream came true because the very next day, a local radio station had this contest to see who could correctly guess the number of molecules in Leonard Nimoy's butt.  I was off by three, but I still won the grand prize.  That's right, a first class one-way ticket to

TO BE CONTINUED

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Joining this forum.  Definitely joining this forum.

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xhonzi said:


TO BE CONTINUED

I remember that contest! Somewhere about New Mexico...

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ferris209 said:

I've seen bodies ejected 300 feet from the car before.

Ever seen a typical four-fifteen?

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Moth3r said:

ferris209 said:

I've seen bodies ejected 300 feet from the car before.

Ever seen a typical four-fifteen?

Can't say I know what a "typical four-fifteen" is, but if it is a guy with his head stuck in a steering wheel then yes.

A guy crashed his 1967 Camaro and, of course, the old style steering wheel allowed for his head to be lodged in it. He survived, but it did look very much like the picture you attached.

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ferris209 said:

C3PX said:

No, I didn't mean decapitated by the seatbelt, I meant decapitated by the windshield from not wearing a seatbelt. Head goes through the windshield, and the glass cuts it off as the weight of the body pulls it down.

Oh, I see what you're saying now. That scenario is also completely impossible in every car manufactured after 1927.

Awesome. That clears up my myth.

"Every time Warb sighs, an angel falls into a vat of mapel syrup." - Gaffer Tape