Seat Belts

[sparkplug]

We often hear about seat belts and the need to buckle up. Recently my state started enforcing a law where not wearing your seat belt is a primary offense. Before this, they could only charge you for not wearing you selt belt as a secondary offense.

I know that seat belts make a big difference in your survival of an accident, but I wonder what citizens and law enforcement feel about the issue of having to wear a seat belt.

I've heard people say that the insurance is behind this as a way to make more money but I wonder I if at all they would consider the cost of treating people injured in a car accident and not wearing seat belts. The injuries substained from ejection would no doubt be much worse because aren't they like head first.

Just an opinion. I would like LEO's 2? on the subject because they are the people who see accidents every day.

[Catman]

I wear mine 100% of the time, no exceptions.  I've seen to many accidents were people get forced out a window during a rollover and they get crushed.  On one occasion we actually lifted a vehicle off a 400lb dude (dead).  Even he couldn't stay in the car.  

[footoflead]

I wear mine 100% of the time when i'm on the road or a crazy ass parking lot...on my own property no..becaues a) i'm going 15mph tops B ) the only thing i'm going to hit is a tree or a fence (but thats what gates are for) and we dont have many in my huge yard..so i'm sure i can avoid them...

i also make my passengers buckle..one of my friends doesnt like to..but since we got the new truck...it beeps at me when he doesnt..so i make him...

i've avoided many accidents due to people talking on cell phones...or just distracted...and i dont want my friends to get hurt

[Raza]

A kid from my high school died and his girlfriend survived in a crash this summer.  The difference?  She wore her seatbelt.

I wear it, 100% of the time.  My car doesn't move until all people are buckled.

And from a performance standpoint, it makes sense as well.

[Run Away]

I wear it all the time, though I do start driving before I buckle up (get in, put it in gear and start moving, shift to second, put on seatbelt is my normal routine when leaving the back alley of dominos).

[ifcar]

There is no reason whatsoever not to have the belt on, no matter how slow you're going or how short a trip. It takes all of one second to attatch it, which I do even moving the car from the street to the driveway.  

[Catman]

When I'm working patrol I always take the belt off when I get within a few houses of my destination.  This allows me to ensure my gun belt isn't going to hang up on it when I need to get out.  

[footoflead]

There is no reason whatsoever not to have the belt on, no matter how slow you're going or how short a trip. It takes all of one second to attatch it, which I do even moving the car from the street to the driveway.

well there isnt a need on a farm road or doing something that requires moving mabey 50-100ft and then getting out...on a road no matter how busy or deserted..i have my seatbelt on...there is no telling when something could happend and you crash into a tree (like my accident...glad i was wearing mine...especially since the airbag didnt go off, not that that woulda helped much if i didnt wear it... :ph34r:  

[Tom]

I got into the habit of not wearing it moving slow around town.  It's more comfortable imo, but that's not a good reason.  I'll start wearing it again.  It's ticketable, too, if pulled over.

[J86]

I got into the habit of not wearing it moving slow around town.  It's more comfortable imo, but that's not a good reason.  I'll start wearing it again.  It's ticketable, too, if pulled over.

same here.  i wear it except when driving downtown in summer traffic.  too damn slow to matter, and the belt causes my shoulder to sweat its really uncomfortable when im moving that slow, no wind to cool things off.

[footoflead]

I got into the habit of not wearing it moving slow around town.  It's more comfortable imo, but that's not a good reason.  I'll start wearing it again.  It's ticketable, too, if pulled over.

same here.  i wear it except when driving downtown in summer traffic.  too damn slow to matter, and the belt causes my shoulder to sweat its really uncomfortable when im moving that slow, no wind to cool things off.

thats what a/c's for...


you probably dont need it...but down here..its nesscary to survivel in downtown



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[Tom]

I got into the habit of not wearing it moving slow around town.? It's more comfortable imo, but that's not a good reason.? I'll start wearing it again.? It's ticketable, too, if pulled over.

same here.  i wear it except when driving downtown in summer traffic.  too damn slow to matter, and the belt causes my shoulder to sweat its really uncomfortable when im moving that slow, no wind to cool things off.

thats what a/c's for...


you probably dont need it...but down here..its nesscary to survivel in downtown



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Some people either don't have a working ac or don't like using it(me and me).  He's right about the summer thing, I remember that.  Your stomach gets all sweaty and the seat belt pushes your shirt against you.  From there, your sweat acts like a glue and now you got a mess on your hands

[J86]

Tom- exactly.  And I don't have working A/C.  You want to pay to repair it, sure I'll wear my seatbelt. :D

[Speed_Racer]

I wear mine 100% of the time.

My normal routine is to start the car, back out of whatever I'm in, and as I start rolling in first, to snap the thing on.

After having a friend paralyzed in an accident, I am super aware to wear it all the time. It's a habit now.

[Secret Chimp]

Anybody who doesn't wear a seatbelt is a moron.

[ifcar]

There is no reason whatsoever not to have the belt on, no matter how slow you're going or how short a trip. It takes all of one second to attatch it, which I do even moving the car from the street to the driveway.

well there isnt a need on a farm road or doing something that requires moving mabey 50-100ft and then getting out...on a road no matter how busy or deserted..i have my seatbelt on...there is no telling when something could happend and you crash into a tree (like my accident...glad i was wearing mine...especially since the airbag didnt go off, not that that woulda helped much if i didnt wear it... :ph34r:

But there's no reason not to wear it either. The worst that could happen is that you'll be inconvenienced in the second or two it takes to put it on, and it could save your life even on a driveway.  

[Raza]

When I'm working patrol I always take the belt off when I get within a few houses of my destination.  This allows me to ensure my gun belt isn't going to hang up on it when I need to get out.

Okay, that sounds legit.  But make sure I don't see you, or I'll citizens' arrest your ass.

:D  

[Raza]

I don't even feel comfortable in a seat without a seatbelt on.  

[footoflead]

I don't even feel comfortable in a seat without a seatbelt on.

me either...

[Champ]

I don't even feel comfortable in a seat without a seatbelt on.

dito

[J86]

Anybody who doesn't wear a seatbelt is a moron.

well i think youre a moron

[so cal cookie]

I don't even feel comfortable in a seat without a seatbelt on.

Same here.

I always felt wierd on a school bus or charter bus because they don't have seatbelts.

[Secret Chimp]

Anybody who doesn't wear a seatbelt is a moron.

well i think youre a moron

What is with you posting like you're drunk?

[MX793]

Seatbelts have been required by law in NY for quite some time.  I always wear mine.  I think the only time I don't is when I'm just moving my car out of the driveway and out of the way.  Otherwise, I wear it whenever the car is moving.  I just don't feel right unless I'm belted in.

[Raza]

Seatbelts have been required by law in NY for quite some time.  I always wear mine.  I think the only time I don't is when I'm just moving my car out of the driveway and out of the way.  Otherwise, I wear it whenever the car is moving.  I just don't feel right unless I'm belted in.

Yesterday I stopped at the inlet of my driveway to get the mail, and when I got back in, I fought the urge that put my seatbelt back on for the 25' drive, but it felt incredibly odd to drive that short distance.

[J86]

Anybody who doesn't wear a seatbelt is a moron.

well i think youre a moron

What is with you posting like you're drunk?

Haha I dunno, I just felt that a blanket statement like that needed a rebuttal!  No hard feelings...

[sparkplug]

I wear my seat belt all the time, especially when I ride with brother. I probably should wear a crash helmet when I ride with him.
I feel too free and unrestained without the seatbelt which is what it is, a restraint. I reckon when you consider your body weight traveling at a 55 miles per hour or even 25 mph it still retains the energy of movement at that speed.

I've heard of people flying out of the windshield, having their head stuck out of the side window, people bouncing around in the car. You can either choose to buckle up and have a good idea where you'll be after the crash or take those free flying lessons. My uncle broke his neck in a car accident. That was before they had seat belts. I never got to meet him.

Princess Diana was in the safest part of the vehicle (the back seat) but she didn't wear her seat belt and because of that fact her children had to grow up without their mother. The seat belt isn't guaranteed to save but the chance that she would have lived would have been significantly greater. I know it's been around ten years but I remember the news coverage.