Source: Mail Online

Edi2or:  What does this have to do with survivalism or survival?  Simply put, you have to stay alive now, in today's normal environment, in order to survive in tomorrow's uncertain future.  What  we safely do today will determine if we here later to face whatever.

Most people have never seen what a fatal car crash can do to a body, but I see it almost every day. The injuries from car accidents can be absolutely brutal. Some injuries are so overwhelming that they look like a bad horror movie.

• There are people who would be alive today had they worn their seat belts. Seat belts work because they keep drivers and passengers in their vehicles.

The interior of your car is a far more forgiving environment than the outside of your car. When you're ejected from a vehicle in a crash, bad things happen. Just as important, you've got to use restraints properly.

Danger zone: Roads are most hazardous on Friday and Saturday nights between midnight and 3am

If you wear a seat belt without the shoulder harness, for example, you're in danger of life-threatening internal injuries. I've seen people who were almost cut in half by the lap belt because they didn't use the shoulder harness. And if a seat back is reclined, the restraint becomes much less effective, if not useless.

• Air bags save lives, too. Safety experts recommend that seats should be moved back as far as possible to allow air bags to offer the best protection and cushioning when they deploy.
• Often, car accident victims are simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. I never, ever stop my car on the side of a motorway, for example. I've had cases in which drivers did this to fix a flat tyre and were rear-ended and killed. If something goes wrong with your car, don't pull over until you can get to off-road parking, a side-street or petrol station.
• Anything unrestrained in your car can become a dangerous missile, whether it's shopping, sports equipment or anything else.
• Keep your windows closed. I had one poor fellow - a truck driver - who died when a bee flew into his cab. And if not closed, then roll the windows all the way down. Windows rolled halfway down can cause the most traumatic injuries if you get partially thrown from your car.
• The most dangerous hours to be on the road are Friday night and Saturday night between midnight and 3am. I make sure to stay off the road then.