Above is Derek Keiper's rant about seat belt laws.

http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2005/01/05/local/doc41db350078259784029686.txt

This is the report on his death in a car accident. :)

Here's the text:

Derek Kieper was a smart, funny, intense young man who relished a good debate and would do anything for his friends.

Kieper, a 21-year-old senior at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, died early Tuesday morning when the Ford Explorer he was a passenger in travelled off an icy section of Interstate 80 and rolled several times in a ditch. Kieper, who was riding in the back seat of the Explorer, was ejected from the vehicle.

Two others in the vehicle, including the driver, Luke Havermann of Ogallala, and the front-seat passenger, Nick Uphoff of Randolph Air Force Base in Texas, sustained non-life threatening injuries. Havermann and Uphoff, both 21, were being treated at BryanLGH Medical Center West.

The three men, members of the same UNL fraternity, were returning to Lincoln from San Antonio, Texas at the time of the accident, reported to authorities by a truck driver around 3 a.m.

More in the link. :)

Submitted on 01/05/2005

Submitted by: Josh Wilson
Reference: www.journalstar.com - 1.5.05

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Daniel said:
Maybe Toss: No Self-Selection
I like this one. He wasn't responsible for the accident, but not wearing a seat belt is pretty stupid.

Jack said:
Maybe Toss: Other
"Be true to thy self..." This would be a good submission were it not that he was not the driver ("no self-selection") and were it not that traffic accidents are far, far too common for us. But hopefully he died as he would have wanted... sans seat-belt.

Charles said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
Having read the article, I have to disagree with my fellow moderators here. He made the choice to not wear the seat belt. The accident was just that, an accident, not stupidity; due to his own stupid chioce, Keiper died, while the driver and other passenger, who were belted in, suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

Jason said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
I agree with Charles on this one. He died from his own stupidity. This is a good warning to us all.

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