Sammy was also know as Z-SNOB which was also his license plate.
Sammy worked in IT for the KC, MO police department. He drove a charcoal NA with full body kit.Sammy was 30 years old. He was involved in a car accident when he was a teenager and wasn't wear a seat belt. He always felt that not wearing one saved his life in that accident. So, Sammy never wore his seat belt believing it was safer.
Sammy was on his way to work Friday morning. His Volvo left the road and overturned. He was killed. He wasn't wearing his seat belt. We don't know yet why his car went off the road.
Sad to say, but this is our 4th death in our club. One was due to an aneurism, one was caused by a semi tipping over in a curve onto a Z, killing the driver, one took his own life and now this one. My brother wrote this about Sammy on our club web site:
This is indeed a tragedy for Laura and their little girl. There is no doubt of that, and surely we all feel saddened for them as well as Sammy's many friends. All of the previous posts bemoan the reality that he died too young. That's a fact. But even though we are all saying the same thing, I know we are all thinking the same thing too. At the risk of appearing overly dramatic or taking advantage of Sammy's death to preach the gospel, I will say what needs to be said. If I can make an impression on just one person and possibly save a life, I will gladly take all the flack that comes my way. It was just a year ago that my 25-year-old nephew died in a one-car accident because he was not wearing a seat belt. The topic of seatbelts was addressed in our old forum, and Sammy would not budge from his opposition to wearing them. Now, he's gone. If I had taken a harder line with him a year ago and pressed him until he folded, maybe, just maybe he'd be alive today. Accidents happen for hundreds of reasons, and perhaps this accident wasn't Sammy's fault. That doesn't matter. What does matter is that his decision to go beltless resulted in his death, and now his daughter no longer has a father. To help prevent this from happening to another family, ALL of us must refuse to ride in a car in which ALL passengers buckle up. ALL of us must use one of the most powerful forces in society -- peer pressure -- to convince everyone to use their seatbelts ALL the time. If we don't, we are ALL sharing in the next tragedy that is just around the corner.
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