View Poll Results: Do you ware your seatbelt?
Always - I love my friends and family
68
88.31%
Sometimes - OK I have bad days
6
7.79%
Never - I have good life insurance
3
3.90%
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Do you ware your seatbelts?
06-14-2002, 10:56 AM
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Do you ware your seatbelts?
I use mine all the time. It makes me feel more connected to my car when I'm driving.
Buckle up - It saves lives.
Seatbelts should always be used in vehicles equipped with an air bag deployment system. The force of the air bag combined with your body weight being thrown forward could severely injure you if your not buckled up.
Buckle up - It saves lives.
Seatbelts should always be used in vehicles equipped with an air bag deployment system. The force of the air bag combined with your body weight being thrown forward could severely injure you if your not buckled up.
06-14-2002, 11:28 AM
#3
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thought it was funny
I had to move my car so my wife could get her car out of the driveway... and I put on my seatbelt. It's a good habit, though.
I have a friend who refuses to put on a seatbelt because of something she read about someone getting trapped and burning to death. I tried the whole "odds" argument but she isn't rational about it... says she want to be "thrown clear of the car" instead. I told her "you mean 'thrown dead' right?" Whenever we go out, she drives because I won't let her in my car without a seatbelt.
I have a friend who refuses to put on a seatbelt because of something she read about someone getting trapped and burning to death. I tried the whole "odds" argument but she isn't rational about it... says she want to be "thrown clear of the car" instead. I told her "you mean 'thrown dead' right?" Whenever we go out, she drives because I won't let her in my car without a seatbelt.
06-14-2002, 11:41 AM
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do my best to remember
Honestly I don't always remember. I never intentionaly leave if off. Many times when I am getting in and out of my car a lot I forgett. I seem to always remember when I am on the highway or am driving fast, the speed makes me think.
A woman I work with also says she won't wear her seat belt because her son died in a car wreck and was wearing his seatbelt. His friend that was with him was thrown from the car, he was not wearing a seat belt, and survived. She uses this ridiculous rational not to wear one.
A woman I work with also says she won't wear her seat belt because her son died in a car wreck and was wearing his seatbelt. His friend that was with him was thrown from the car, he was not wearing a seat belt, and survived. She uses this ridiculous rational not to wear one.
06-14-2002, 11:48 AM
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My Mom engrained this idea into our heads since we were little. We would always have to have our seatbelts on before the car started moving, if we didn't have them on.. we didn't go anywhere and we would just sit in the car. Of course this was always followed up by the "If you don't put your seatbelts on we aren't going to McDonalds" but to this day I NEVER get into a car without reaching for the seatbelt. My Mom and brother were in a head on collision that could have possibly killed them both if they weren't wearing their seatbelts.. thank God my Mom nagged us when we were little about them.
06-14-2002, 11:54 AM
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i've had my car for a year and 1/2, i've worn my seatbelt 1 time comin home around 3am when i wasn't exactly "seeing straight" but it's no big deal if you live in the city b/c everywhere u drive is 10 minutes away w/stop signs and lights every 5 feet, there's no room for a huge or high speed collision, no biggie really
06-14-2002, 12:06 PM
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Originally posted by maxichic
i've had my car for a year and 1/2, i've worn my seatbelt 1 time comin home around 3am when i wasn't exactly "seeing straight" but it's no big deal if you live in the city b/c everywhere u drive is 10 minutes away w/stop signs and lights every 5 feet, there's no room for a huge or high speed collision, no biggie really
i've had my car for a year and 1/2, i've worn my seatbelt 1 time comin home around 3am when i wasn't exactly "seeing straight" but it's no big deal if you live in the city b/c everywhere u drive is 10 minutes away w/stop signs and lights every 5 feet, there's no room for a huge or high speed collision, no biggie really
06-14-2002, 12:09 PM
#11
Originally posted by maxichic
i've had my car for a year and 1/2, i've worn my seatbelt 1 time comin home around 3am when i wasn't exactly "seeing straight" but it's no big deal if you live in the city b/c everywhere u drive is 10 minutes away w/stop signs and lights every 5 feet, there's no room for a huge or high speed collision, no biggie really
i've had my car for a year and 1/2, i've worn my seatbelt 1 time comin home around 3am when i wasn't exactly "seeing straight" but it's no big deal if you live in the city b/c everywhere u drive is 10 minutes away w/stop signs and lights every 5 feet, there's no room for a huge or high speed collision, no biggie really
06-14-2002, 12:19 PM
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Originally posted by Mustang1999
Yeah, you think that until some idiot runs the stop sign/stop light and flattens your car.. but maybe it's different from here. In TX you can get a good 50-60 mph going in between stop lights... I've seen some nasty collisions at stop lights.
Yeah, you think that until some idiot runs the stop sign/stop light and flattens your car.. but maybe it's different from here. In TX you can get a good 50-60 mph going in between stop lights... I've seen some nasty collisions at stop lights.
06-14-2002, 12:23 PM
#16
Only time I wear mine is when the local authorities hold that "click it or ticket." Whats crazy is that in South Carolina you will get a ticket for not wearing your seatbelt, but you can ride a motorcycle without a helmet. 
06-14-2002, 12:36 PM
#17
When I started driving few years back.. 80% of the time I didn't wear seatbelts. 
The past 3 years I got into the habit of wearing the seatbelt all the time... for my own safety, and to avoid getting pulled over for nonesense like that.
My mom however, never wears the seatbelt when she rides with me. I'd like to get her in the habit of doing so but not sure how. Suggestions are welcome.
The past 3 years I got into the habit of wearing the seatbelt all the time... for my own safety, and to avoid getting pulled over for nonesense like that.
My mom however, never wears the seatbelt when she rides with me. I'd like to get her in the habit of doing so but not sure how. Suggestions are welcome.
06-14-2002, 12:46 PM
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Originally posted by 97MaxGurl
My mom however, never wears the seatbelt when she rides with me. I'd like to get her in the habit of doing so but not sure how. Suggestions are welcome.
My mom however, never wears the seatbelt when she rides with me. I'd like to get her in the habit of doing so but not sure how. Suggestions are welcome.
My girlfriend, now wife, would not "remember" to wear her belt. I would not drive my car until she did. She would get disgrunteld at times but tough...I love her...
The bad thing is I was riding my buddies motorcycle one day and saw her and followed her to say hi, she was not wearing the belt. I told her point blank...no more belt no more me. I am not goin to do this. Never had a problem with is since.
06-14-2002, 12:49 PM
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I always wear mine and advise other to do so, but >>
I can describe a case where a person's life was saved by not wearing it.
My neighbor (not the smartest of guys) was driving drunk at speeds exceeding 100mph in his 1996 325i. Needless to say, he lost control, and according to witnesses, was thrown from the car (it was determined that he flew through the moonroof) BEFORE the car tumbled about 12-14 times. There wasn't much left of the car and the EMTs on site claimed that he would've probably been killed if he had worn his seatbelt.
Anywho...wear your seatbelt dammit.
My neighbor (not the smartest of guys) was driving drunk at speeds exceeding 100mph in his 1996 325i. Needless to say, he lost control, and according to witnesses, was thrown from the car (it was determined that he flew through the moonroof) BEFORE the car tumbled about 12-14 times. There wasn't much left of the car and the EMTs on site claimed that he would've probably been killed if he had worn his seatbelt.
Anywho...wear your seatbelt dammit.
06-14-2002, 12:52 PM
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Originally posted by deezo
Always. I feel naked without them.
Always. I feel naked without them.
06-14-2002, 12:53 PM
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by maxichic
i've had my car for a year and 1/2, i've worn my seatbelt 1 time comin home around 3am when i wasn't exactly "seeing straight" but it's no big deal if you live in the city b/c everywhere u drive is 10 minutes away w/stop signs and lights every 5 feet, there's no room for a huge or high speed collision, no biggie really [/QUOTE
**This is not intended as a flame...just my $0.02**
Funny, they say most accidents happen within 5 miles of your home. If everything is about 10 minutes away from each other, I would say you weren't traveling to far from home most of the time. I could be wrong, but especially if you live in the city, even if there are not a lot of stop signs or lights, there are more people...hence the bigger chance of an accident.
BTW I always wear my seatbelt...even if I'm driving 10 feet...It's been engrained into my head since I 'was in 5th grade and saw a horrible movie about accidents without seatbelts, that I wear my seatbelt.
i've had my car for a year and 1/2, i've worn my seatbelt 1 time comin home around 3am when i wasn't exactly "seeing straight" but it's no big deal if you live in the city b/c everywhere u drive is 10 minutes away w/stop signs and lights every 5 feet, there's no room for a huge or high speed collision, no biggie really [/QUOTE
**This is not intended as a flame...just my $0.02**
Funny, they say most accidents happen within 5 miles of your home. If everything is about 10 minutes away from each other, I would say you weren't traveling to far from home most of the time. I could be wrong, but especially if you live in the city, even if there are not a lot of stop signs or lights, there are more people...hence the bigger chance of an accident.
BTW I always wear my seatbelt...even if I'm driving 10 feet...It's been engrained into my head since I 'was in 5th grade and saw a horrible movie about accidents without seatbelts, that I wear my seatbelt.
06-14-2002, 01:00 PM
#22
Re: I always wear mine and advise other to do so, but >>
Originally posted by Albertt
I can describe a case where a person's life was saved by not wearing it.
My neighbor (not the smartest of guys) was driving drunk at speeds exceeding 100mph in his 1996 325i. Needless to say, he lost control, and according to witnesses, was thrown from the car (it was determined that he flew through the moonroof) BEFORE the car tumbled about 12-14 times. There wasn't much left of the car and the EMTs on site claimed that he would've probably been killed if he had worn his seatbelt.
Anywho...wear your seatbelt dammit.
I can describe a case where a person's life was saved by not wearing it.
My neighbor (not the smartest of guys) was driving drunk at speeds exceeding 100mph in his 1996 325i. Needless to say, he lost control, and according to witnesses, was thrown from the car (it was determined that he flew through the moonroof) BEFORE the car tumbled about 12-14 times. There wasn't much left of the car and the EMTs on site claimed that he would've probably been killed if he had worn his seatbelt.
Anywho...wear your seatbelt dammit.
06-14-2002, 01:06 PM
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Originally posted by Jeff92se
Wife hates it. It ususally wraps around her head and makes her look like Tonto
Wife hates it. It ususally wraps around her head and makes her look like Tonto
06-14-2002, 01:46 PM
#27
i don't "ware" my seatbelt because i don't like to share my seatbelt with others. but i do "wear" my seatbelt everytime i step into my car; even if it is to move the car from the garage to the driveway.
06-14-2002, 02:41 PM
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Originally posted by 97MaxGurl
My mom however, never wears the seatbelt when she rides with me. I'd like to get her in the habit of doing so but not sure how. Suggestions are welcome.
My mom however, never wears the seatbelt when she rides with me. I'd like to get her in the habit of doing so but not sure how. Suggestions are welcome.
maybe tell your mom about some horrible accident that happened to a friend of a friend b/c they weren't wearing their seat belt? it's hard to break old habits though.....i am ashamed to admit that i rarely ever buckle up when i'm in the back seat for some reason. always in the front seat though. anyone else with the same problem?
06-14-2002, 03:49 PM
#32
Always, I even put a harness in my car for track events. Sometimes I wear them on the street and get people to stare. I wore my helmet cruising down the highway once, you wouldn't believe how many people got out of my way
Seriously, they are there for your safety, if you choose not to wear them, sooner or later Darwin will get up to you.
Seriously, they are there for your safety, if you choose not to wear them, sooner or later Darwin will get up to you.
06-14-2002, 04:28 PM
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i dont...i depend on airbags....i think in some cases (when hit broad side) wearing a seat belt can do more damage....i agree with out one you going to get tossed around....??? maybe im an idiot....i sit far back...and i know this helps when hitting a pole at est. of 47...i was in the pasenger seat in an old school celica pratically lounged all the way back and we walked away fine??? i think its a 50/50 chance with adults....kids should all wear seatbelts, they are small and fragile??? then again im an idiot
06-14-2002, 04:35 PM
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It is religous for me. My car does not move until every soul in the car is strapped down. It is such a habit that when I pull my car out of the parking stall to the wash area(one good thing about apartments) it is like ony 75 feet I still strap in. My wife and I were doing some shopping one day and going from store to store, we hopped in the car to go to another store in the same parking lot, she aske me if we could just not strap JR. this one time because it was in the same parking lot...you should have heard the cussing streak that came out of my mouth...needless to say the car does not move till he is secured properly. I think that is the bigger problem, at least here in texas. All these parents letting their kids bounce around in the back of these suv's, trucks, vans, just about all automobiles. Do these parents not realize that even a 5-10mph accident can kill their children? Do they not realize that they may avoid one, but a child can be flung out of an open window or fly foreward and go thru a windshield or into a dash? These stupid parents/people need to be dragged out of their cars and kaned right then and there. They should have their children taken away apon multiple offenses. If a child dies because of these kinds of people they deserve the death penalty...
That is something I feel very strongly about, life is too precious to waste on lazyness
That is something I feel very strongly about, life is too precious to waste on lazyness
06-14-2002, 05:06 PM
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Not wearing a seatbelt is the dumbest thing you can do. One of our family friends was killed a few weeks ago because he was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected, one of my friends was killed from not wearing a seatbelt. If you're ejected from the car your chances of surviving are dramatically less, the car is made to protect you, you can't fly out of it at 60 MPH and expect to walk away.
06-14-2002, 05:29 PM
#39
I ALWAYS wear my seatbelt, I too feel wrong not wearing it
however in my back seat, I only have two of the seat belts out haha the third is stuck behind the seat i forgot to pull it out while installing my seats again.. I use it as my excuse not to take passengers haha
however in my back seat, I only have two of the seat belts out haha the third is stuck behind the seat i forgot to pull it out while installing my seats again.. I use it as my excuse not to take passengers haha
