From: Patrick Jankowiak (eccm@swbell.net)
Date: Tue Feb 11 2003 - 21:36:56 PST
To say nothing about the fact that hitting a bump can throw the driver
off the seat enough so that he loses control of the vehicle. Almost
happened to me in a step-van. I put a seat belt in the thing after that.
"R. A. Moir aka RAM" wrote:
>
> Attaboy Hank... I had the same response in mind, but you beat me to it !!
> I had a seatbelt in my 56 Chevy from JC Whitney and have not been without
> them since... I was also a Charter EMT in the Commonvealth of MA when the
> local Funeral Homes still responded with the hearse to transport the dead
> and injured to the hospital... You've come a long way baby and I appreciate
> the services that modern EMS provide... Here in Vermont there are even
> driver courses for the EMTs and Paramedics to make their profession even
> more roadworthy...RAM
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Henry J. Fackovec" <hfackovec@easternems.com>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 07:56
> Subject: Re: [MV] M728 question - mechanical (Flame)
>
> >
> > Dear "Jay"
> >
> > That's it, I am sick of the garbage that is spread here.
> >
> > First: There is no such thing as an " Ambulance Driver" At least not
> > since 1974. By Federal DOT and State regulation Ambulances are staffed
> > by licensed EMTs or Paramedics. (Unless you live in a third world
> > country in which case disreguard the following)
> >
> > I have worked in several EMS systems over the last 23 years and while
> > there are good Paramedics and Bad Paramedics, I know very few lazy ones
> > at an accident scene. (Try to get them to clean the bunkroom, or make a
> > fresh pot of coffee, that's another story...).
> >
> > Second: Seatbelts ARE there to save your life. Your best chance of
> > surviving an impact comes from being retained inside the structure of
> > the vehicle. One of the points that I stress when I meet a new driver,
> > and to new employees is that in 23 years " I have never unbuckled a dead
> > body." I have found them in the street, in trees, under seats (usually
> > babies that were not in car seats), thrown 100 yards from a Corvette
> > into oncoming traffic (The autopsy showed that he would have mearly been
> > a parapeligic had he not gotten run over by 2 other cars) ... Making
> > irresponsible statements like yours KILLS people. If you like I can
> > point you to stats about morbidity and mortality secondary to vehicle
> > impacts.
> >
> > "Buckle Up"
> >
> > HJ Fackovec
> > Chief of Technical Services
> > Eastern EMS
> >
> > Retired NYC EMS Paramedic
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org] On
> > Behalf Of J Travis
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 12:16 AM
> > To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: [MV] M728 question - mechanical
> >
> >
> > It's like seat belts. They don't put them in the car because they care
> > about your health; the ambulance driver is just to lazy to have to go
> > look for the body!
> >
> > Jay Travis
> >
> > Rikk Rogers wrote:
> >
> > >Yea, they can help when you run your creeper under the moving duals and
> >
> > >shoot yourself into the shop wall.
> > >
> > >rikk
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org]On
> > >Behalf Of Patrick Jankowiak
> > >Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 10:51 PM
> > >To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
> > >Subject: Re: [MV] M728 question - mechanical
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Everette wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >>Lots of possibilities -- axle bearings, as he suspects, ring and
> > >>pinion, inner bearings, pinion bearing, spider gears, One of these
> > >>stethoscope things might be handy for pinpointing where noise is
> > >>coming from -- NO I
> > >>
> > >>
> > >do
> > >
> > >
> > >>not mean ride creeper under vehicles as it goes down road, jack it up
> > >>and secure very good put in gear and run engine.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >AND ALWAYS HAVE A HELPER STANDING BY READY WHEN DOING A DANGEROUS JOB
> > >LIKE THAT!
> > >
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