One other thing about MVAs….everything you have in your vehicle that’s not secured is gonna be flying around inside like a missile if you collide with something. I’ve seen folks hit by full 20# propane bottles that went airborne from the back of an SUV. Even smaller items like binoculars or your rifle can put a serious hurt on you.

Shortly before I had started at the police garage, an office for in a wreck, and the shotgun, mounted to the front of the cage right behind the officer's head, came loose and cracked her hard in the skull, so one of the first projects I worked on was moving all the shotgun racks to the trunks.

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I've had a lot of 'experiences' in cars. As an car enthusiast, mechanic, firefighter and more , most on here (luckily) have never gone from 40+mph to zero mph in zero feet. It is a whole new realm of physics. Everything in the vehicle becomes a lethal object.

Whole different ball game. Those that have been there , know what I am talking about.

That doesn't make sense.

Exceptions do not make the rule. You are much more likely to survive a serious crash if you buckle-up; there is no question about it. I often have nephews ride with me up to the mountains, some of them are of the height that legally requires a car seat; I don't have car-seats, but I do make the buckle-up.

"Car Seat Expiration: How Long Are Car Seats Good For?
Keeping kids safe in the car is very important, and we all try to pick the best car seats for our youngest passengers. But here’s something you might not know: car seats don’t last forever. They actually have expiration dates, just like the food in your fridge."

Why is that? A dozen people putting on a pheasant (or deer) drive in a 5 acre field/woodlot absolutely should be wearing blaze. One person miles and miles from nowhere, on their own land, hunting deer in their own enclosed blind, in an area they've never so much as seen another human footprint... likely does not need to be.