{"id":1016,"date":"2009-04-26T11:46:57","date_gmt":"2009-04-26T15:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=1016"},"modified":"2009-05-31T19:22:43","modified_gmt":"2009-05-31T23:22:43","slug":"a-close-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1016","title":{"rendered":"A close one"},"content":{"rendered":"

Forgive me; this is not science education related. But it’s a pretty big deal to me. My 17-year-old daughter is alive and unharmed.<\/p>\n

Yesterday she flipped the car. A deer dashed in front of her. She swerved and went off the dirt road. She smacked into a dirt mound and flipped the car. Not rolled, but flipped the car like it was doing a somersault. A total of five teens were in the car. They were all wearing seat belts. Not a single scratch on any \"\"<\/a>of them.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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My daughter is a stubborn girl, which exasperates me to no end. But this time her stubborness was a good thing. Her friends told me that she has a rule for all passengers in a car with her: seatbelts. Good girl.<\/p>\n

I’m now in the market for a new car. Needs to be under $20,000 and good on gas. Any suggestions?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Forgive me; this is not science education related. But it’s a pretty big deal to me. My 17-year-old daughter is alive and unharmed. Yesterday she flipped the car. A deer dashed in front of her. 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