Seat belts on boats?

waterskier_69

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This is an actual emergency room photo of a fisherman who lost
control of
> his high-speed bass boat in West Virginia. Game Warden's believe that
he was
> traveling at a
> speed of approximately 75 mph at the time of the accident. He was
unable
> to negotiate a curve in the narrow waterway.
>
> Unfortunately for him, upon striking the shoreline and being ejected
from
> the boat, he landed back end first on an old fence post. Note the
denim
> tightly packed against the remaining fence post. Glad I didn't have
to pick
> out the splinters.
>
> You can probably picture what happened next, but the attached picture
really
> says it all.
>
> The good news is that after about 6 months, this man made a full
recovery
> after suffering a shattered hip, broken leg, several broken ribs,
internal
> injuries and "soft tissue" damage. Doctors credited his recovery to
the fact
> that the post lodged itself so tightly that there was little or no
blood
> loss.

http://www.southernflyfishersforum.com/yabb31/yabb/images/photos/BassFish.jpg
 
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