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Poll: Do you as a driver wear a seatbelt?

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Originally posted by: rh71
Driver's Ed kinda drives it into your head with their scare tactic videos.

I didn't particularly like the one where they had to amputate some girl's leg after being ejected and the car was on top of her.
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Driver's Ed kinda drives it into your head with their "DO IT OR YOU DON'T GET THE F'ING LICENSE AND I'M CALLING THAT STATE TROOPER OVER HERE RIGHT NOW TO CITE YOU FOR A MOVING VIOLATION" tactics.

Yes, that happened to me, and yes, I fully intended to put it on. However, I made the mistake of putting the keys in the ignition [but not turning the car on or anything] beforehand.
 
i don't like the feeling of driving without it. if you're driving fast, you get thrown around too much without something to help hold you down.
 
Originally posted by: AgaBoogaBoo
I don't even have to buckle up 😀

It's automatic 😀
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I have never seen an automatic seat belt yet which does not require you to fasten the lap belt manually.

They're kind of dangerous if you DON'T fasten the lap belt, actually. I prefer "normal" seatbelts (my current car has the "auto" shoulderbelt design)
 
Almost always (sometimes not for the 1.5 mile drive between north and south campus at 20mph).... I almost never actually check my passengers though... I usually know inside of a couple minutes when the girl riding shotgun does a faceplant in my lap though.....
 
Originally posted by: HardcoreRobot
always, and i make sure my passengers do to

but it should NOT be ILLEGAL not to
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Actually, it should be illegal if you don't buckle up. There is no reason not to, as seatbelts are not the cause of physical discomfort (at least not in any vehicle I've seen) and they have proven benefits in accidents. People not wearing seatbelts who get in accidents will generally cost more in the way of medical bills and such. Much of this extra cost will be shifted to others in some way shape or form. I don't want to have to pay more because somebody decides that wearing a seatbelt is somehow uncomfortable or inconvenient (which is simply not the case)
 
Usually for anything more than a few blocks if i remember.

But sometimes if i'm feeling ganster and down to cruise, I say f*ck it.

Not wearing a belt saved my ass once. I got pulled over for speeding, and the officer just let me off with a ticket for no seatbelt.
 
as a driver, yes, i always wear seatbelts.

i believe that in florida, if you're 16 and over and in the backseat of a car, you can get away legally with not wearing one. for awhile, i didn't wear one under that condition. but after reading some of these posts, i think i'll reconsider and never sit anywhere in a car without a seatbelt.
 
When I was a kid, my stepmother fell asleep while driving, wrecked the car, and went throgh the windshield. At first they thought she was not going to live. She has a long scar on her face and she has limited use of her left eye.

Damn right I wear a seatbelt.
 
Yes, having kids pretty much got me into the mode. If you make them do it for their 'safety' it's pretty hypocritical not to do it yourself.


Five year olds love to point that out to you.


Repeatedly.


S.
 
Originally posted by: scauffiel
Yes, having kids pretty much got me into the mode. If you make them do it for their 'safety' it's pretty hypocritical not to do it yourself.


Five year olds love to point that out to you.


Repeatedly.


S.
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Darn kids............😉
 
Originally posted by: Wanescotting
Darn kids............ 😉
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LOL!! Aint it the truth... Can't sneak anything past 'em.... 😀


Originally posted by: sparkyclarky
Originally posted by: HardcoreRobot
always, and i make sure my passengers do to

but it should NOT be ILLEGAL not to
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Actually, it should be illegal if you don't buckle up. There is no reason not to, as seatbelts are not the cause of physical discomfort (at least not in any vehicle I've seen) and they have proven benefits in accidents. People not wearing seatbelts who get in accidents will generally cost more in the way of medical bills and such. Much of this extra cost will be shifted to others in some way shape or form. I don't want to have to pay more because somebody decides that wearing a seatbelt is somehow uncomfortable or inconvenient (which is simply not the case)
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At the risk of hijacking... Where do you draw the line on this? Should it be illegal to eat fatty foods? Should it be illegal to eat 'too much' red meat? 'Junk' food? How about eating mexican food? Chinese? Smoking? Using power tools too often? Driving a car? All of these things have been blamed for contributing to increased medical costs according to some group at one time or another. So, by your way of thinking, we should outlaw them too - to keep your 'shifting' of medical costs down. The question you have to ask yourself is, "Is this MY body or the governments' body?" It's okay to have an abortion, ending a life that's not yours - but trying to end your own life if you've got a terminal disease? Hooboy, good luck. Prostitution, should you decide to go that route? Uh uh, sorry, in THIS case it's not your body to do with as you please either; nor is it your customers' bodies to do with as THEY please. With the proliferation of junk science, usually linked to dubious special interest groups, it will be a short time indeed before you won't be able to feed yourself your liquid gruel (because choking deaths drive up costs dontcha know) with anything other than a spoon (forks could poke an eye out if you're not careful and knives? Don't get me started.)

You should wear a seat belt because it's the smart thing to do. Not because some government/junk scientist/special interest flunky with a bad combover TELLS YOU TO. If you want to revel in your stupidity by flipping the bird at common sense, you should be allowed to, this IS America after all. What you SHOULDN'T be allowed to do is sue anything or anyone once you get a 'near Darwinism-Award' because of it.

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S.
 
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