Seatbelts 2727 Responses

Last post: 3 years, 1 month ago | Thread started: Dec 23, 08, 11:41 a.m.

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• locustsloth

  While i was in the post office the other day, my wife said she saw numerous people get into their cars and drive off without buckling up. i had been in an accident in the 10th grade that prompted me to never drive on the road without a seatbelt. Sometimes i even put it on without thinking when i'm moving it 10ft down my driveway or some other inconsequential distance. So the idea of not buckling up is foreign to me.
  Hence, i wondered how many people here don't buckle up and if they have a rationale for it or if it's just that they never got into the habit.

  Dec 23, 08, 11:41 a.m. – Permalink

• skt

  my car beeps like fuck at me if i don't.

  

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  Dog-earDec 23, 08, 11:42 a.m. – Permalink

• eating_tv

  Here it's illegal to drive without buckling up. Even in the backseat. Hell, they're there for a reason. I think if you don't do it or teach your kids you're an irresponsible asshole.

  

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  Dog-earDec 23, 08, 11:43 a.m. – Permalink

• brandelec

  i buckle up in a very none obvious way once i see a cop car.
  like loading an elephant gun in the presence of a tyrannosaurus rex

  • haha, well put– sfeske

  

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  Dog-earDec 23, 08, 11:44 a.m. – Permalink

• ninjasavant

  I won't drive until everyone buckles up. My friends give me all sorts of crap but I just don't understand their reasoning.

  • same here– kona1/3

    and here :)– sputnik22/3

    That makes sense. As the driver, one probably feels more responsibility for the passengers.– Jaline3/3

  

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  Dog-earDec 23, 08, 11:45 a.m. – Permalink

• mimeartist_limited

  Unless you're in the back, I couldn't care less if you buckle up or not... your stupidity really.

  • Your car's windscreen totalled by a flying cranium though.– Jorp

  

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  Dog-earDec 23, 08, 11:45 a.m. – Permalink

• 7point34

  in maryland you have to buckle up in the fornt or you will get a ticket.

  even the passenger riding shotgun has to buckle up or you can get a ticket for his ignorance too.

  • fornt = front.
    
    i'm retarded– 7point34

  

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  Dog-earDec 23, 08, 11:46 a.m. – Permalink

• acescence

  yeah, most cars these days make it annoying not to, but i usually do anyway. it's easy enough. people must be well aware of the dangers, so the rationale against it is just playing the odds and being a gambler i suppose. i don't wear a bicycle helmet, and looking at the statistics, i'd just have to be really unlucky to suffer a head injury that a helmet would have prevented. driving is far more dangerous though.

  

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  Dog-earDec 23, 08, 11:46 a.m. – Permalink

• mg33

  My sister died in a car wreck in 1995, because she did not have her seat belt on. I am adamant about anyone in any car I'm in wearing their seat belts.

  • i'm sorry– 7point341/2

    i am very sorry to hear– emukid2/2

  

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  Dog-earDec 23, 08, 11:52 a.m. – Permalink

• Tungsten

  always buckle up unless I'm in a taxi for some reason.

  • because those drivers, while having a death wish, will never ever harm you.– mg331/2

    yeah, taxi drivers only harm the people outside of their cabs– acescence2/2

  

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  Dog-earDec 23, 08, 12:12 p.m. – Permalink

• turk_182

  greedo just pointed out this thread... i originally posted this over in the blog only moments ago...
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  wow... just was on the highway here west of st. louis... it's sleeting out...

  ... encountered a massive backup on the highway caused by 12 cars and 2 tractor trailers... there were two vehicles completely under one of the trailers and about 20 fireman working at getting the people out... and just a shitload of cars tossed about all over the place... some you could see entire roofs ripped open where they had just gotten people out...

  ... sobering shit.
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  Dog-earDec 23, 08, 12:24 p.m. – Permalink

• Jaline

  I do it by habit.

  Once in a while I don't do it if I'm sitting in the back, squished between 3-4 people. They are also uncomfortable, but I use one 99% of the time.

  

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  Dog-earDec 23, 08, 12:27 p.m. – Permalink

• emukid

  i was in two accidents last year -- one much worse than the other. both times the car was totaled and both times the combination of seat belt and airbag saved my life.

  • driving around in a bear suit?– 7point341/3

    i would imagine it's hard to see– 7point342/3

    learn to drive?– Milan3/3

  

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  Dog-earDec 23, 08, 12:29 p.m. – Permalink

• megE

  it's habit by me

  in Colorado everyone in the front seat has to have a seat belt on - drives me nuts when people don't have it on

  • same here. i see moms w/unbuckled kids in the front seat now and then tho :\– sputnik21/2

    people are retarded– megE2/2

  

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  Dog-earDec 23, 08, 12:30 p.m. – Permalink

• sputnik2

  i always do. it just seems plain old stupid not to.

  

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  Dog-earDec 23, 08, 12:30 p.m. – Permalink

• Flanels05

  in new hampshire its not illegal to drive without, live free and die!

  

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  Dog-earDec 23, 08, 12:31 p.m. – Permalink

• tymeframe

  I buckle up before I put my car into gear.

  If I'm the passenger, I'm a little slower to realize that I'm not buckled. Not sure why that is.

  • I'm also really bad about not buckling when riding in the back seat. Absolutely no rationale for that.– tymeframe1/2

    Yeah, for some reason I ALWAYS remember when I'm in the front, but not the back.– Jaline2/2

  

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  Dog-earDec 23, 08, 12:31 p.m. – Permalink

• PIITB

  I too was in a bad accident when I was younger and I buckle that shit every time I get in a car. I yell at my girlfriend everyday because she just ignores it.

  

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  Dog-earDec 23, 08, 12:32 p.m. – Permalink

• Jnr_Madison

  I wrote off my first car when I was 17.

  • I meant my very first car, not the first of many.– Jnr_Madison1/3

    don't try to hide the fact that you're loaded. and smug.– emukid2/3

    I'm definitely one of those.– Jnr_Madison3/3

  

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  Dog-earDec 23, 08, 12:34 p.m. – Permalink

• sikma

  for those who think there is no need for back seat belts

  • shopped.– digdre1/2

    lol– sikma2/2

  

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  Dog-earDec 23, 08, 12:43 p.m. – Permalink

• Antonelli

  hey everybody, don't wear your seatbelt.

  

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  Dog-earDec 23, 08, 12:45 p.m. – Permalink