Originally Posted by
TiHabanero
Word of caution about the van loaded with stuff. Friend of mine is an electrical contractor with a van full of stuff on shelves and on the floor. One day a driver crossed the center line and hit him head on. Not only did he get a frontal impact, but all that crap in the back came down on him and caused a serious head injury and a broken spine. Took a full year to recover. A year without any income.
He now has a metal partition between the front seats and the rest of the van.
A firefighter friend of mine told of a traffic collision fatality, that resulted due to a tissue box sitting on the rear package shelf of a car, flying forward and striking the driver in the neck at the base of his scull. Things that make you go huh?