Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site oliven.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!hou3c!hocda!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!oliveb!olivee!oliven!hawk From: hawk@oliven.UUCP Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: 55 mph kills Message-ID: <561@oliven.UUCP> Date: Tue, 18-Sep-84 14:00:59 EDT Article-I.D.: oliven.561 Posted: Tue Sep 18 14:00:59 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 25-Sep-84 06:59:36 EDT References: <77@ssc-vax.UUCP> trsvax.55200104 <357@houxb.UUCP> Organization: University of Waikiki Lines: 17 >Last week a well known pop singer by the name of Mandrell was involved >in a head-on collision. Both cars were totalled. Mandrell and >her daughter were wearing seat belts. Mandrell received a fracture >as well as some superficial injuries. The driver of the other >car was not wearing belts and was killed. Pop singer? Country, my friend, country. This is nit-picking (sort of), but there is an additional issue here. A handful of very talented country singers (Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, and more) have been lost to traffic accidents over the last thirty years. This one was wearing a belt. Perhaps this contrast can save a few lives. rick -- [hplabs|zehntel|fortune|ios|tolerant|allegra|tymix]!oliveb!oliven!hawk