You're in another state, waiting to use a crosswalk, and you see this guy in a tired-looking '52 Chevy pickup bust a red light and broadside a minivan. In the time it takes you to size things up, approach the victims and offer your help, the local PD, fire and EMS agencies arrive. The family in the minivan seems fine, but there are no safety belts in the pickup, and its sole occupant looks pretty sick. There are plenty of responders, so you back off a little and fade into the gathering crowd. It strikes you that the EMS crew seems a little awkward. One of them is obviously looking through his outboard compartments in search of something. He jumps into the patient compartment and soon emerges carrying some packaged rolls of Kerlix. His face is flushed, he's perspiring, and he looks really frustrated. Apparently he can't find their restraints, so the EMTs and the fire crew members use the Kerlix to restrain the truck's occupant, who has now become combative.
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