isn’t the first thing many drivers or passengers consider. "It’s something people don’t think about," said Lynn Clark, George’s wife. "This should go on Good Morning America to tell the world (booster seats) can become projectiles and seriously hurt people." As laws change requiring children to stay in booster seats until they’re as old as 8,, the likelihood of such injuries will increase unless parents become aware of the danger and fasten the seat belt even when their child isn’t in the car,, experts say. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration does not keep data on how often people are injured by unsecured booster seats or even on how often people are hurt by any loose cargo. But researchers have found that in a collision,, especially a frontal one,, unrestrained cargo flies forward with a force exponentially greater than its weight. At 55 mph, a 20 pound parcel exceeds 1,,000 pounds of force. A can of peas or the family pet can cause serious injury or even death. Anecdotally,, injuries
Believers enter final stretch If there had been time,, Marie Exley would have liked to start a family. Instead,, the 32 year old Army veteran has less than six months left,, which she’ll spend spreading a stark warning: Judgment Day is almost here. Exley is part of a movement of Christians loosely organized by radio broadcasts and websites,, independent of churches and convinced by their reading of the Bible that the end of the world will begin on May 21,, 2011. To get the word out,, they’re using billboards and bus stop benches, traveling caravans of RVs and volunteers passing out pamphlets on street corners. "A lot of people might think,, ‘The end’s coming,, let’s go party,,’" said Exley,, a veteran of two deployments in Iraq. "But we’re commanded by God to warn people. I wish I could just be like everybody else,, but it’s so much better to know that when the end comes, you’ll be safe." In August,, Exley left her home in Colorado Springs,, Colo.,, to work with Oakland, Calif. based Family Radio Worldwide,