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Old 02-23-2008, 06:40 AM   #1
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AP - A New Zealand driver who used a fake car seat belt to fool police was killed when it failed him in a head-on crash, local media reported on Friday.

Ivan Segedin refused to wear a seat belt while driving and had been fined 32 times in the past five years for not wearing one, a coroner's court heard Friday.

Segedin, 39, died in a crash on July 22 last year from multiple injuries when his car crossed the road and collided head-on with an oncoming vehicle on North Island, coroner Carla na Nagara said.

"Ultimately Mr Segedin's actions in driving without a seat belt have cost him his life in an accident that he may well have survived had he worn one," the New Plymouth Daily News quoted her saying.

Though his car was fitted with seat belts, an extra belt with a long strap had been knotted above the seat belt on the driver's side, providing a belt to simply sit over the driver's shoulder, Nagara said.

This created the illusion to a passing motorist or police officer that a seat belt was being worn when it was not.

Segedin's fatal injuries were caused when he was thrown forward on to the steering wheel in a low-impact crash. No blame or responsibility for the crash rested on the other driver, Nagara noted.
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Old 02-23-2008, 07:21 AM   #2
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Re: Fake seat belt causes death of NZ driver
I remember when the seatbelt became an obligation for the front pasengers in France...Some people bought specials T-Shirt with a seatblet printed on it, to fool the police...
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I remember when the seatbelt became an obligation for the front pasengers in France...Some people bought specials T-Shirt with a seatblet printed on it, to fool the police...


But serioiusly though, why do people refuse to wear a seatbelt? You don't need to be an expert in anything to realise seatbelts will safe lives.
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Re: Fake seat belt causes death of NZ driver
What an idiot.
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Re: Fake seat belt causes death of NZ driver
damn...

it's pretty similiar here. Malaysians are not afraid of death. they're afraid to pay the summon.
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Re: Fake seat belt causes death of NZ driver
Not to be crude, but this is natural selection.
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