Strict about seatbelts

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When you drive off of a bridge and into a lake, those kids will be able to swim up to the surface.
You will be buckled down and drown.

If I drive into a lake it's because I want everyone going down with the ship so buckled it is.

[Anonymous]

Op here. Not a troll, and I'm sorry I came off as a Karen, I usually am not that type of person at all. I'm just surprised any time I encounter this situation, and it happened again before I posted.

I know a family who lost the one person who wasn't belted in an accident. I am surprised by the "oh it's just a short ride to school, it's not worth" mindset. I'm sorry about sounding sanctimonious, it's not sanctimony, it's anxiety.

[Anonymous]

Yes to me it's obvious that everybody in the car needs to be buckling up. I think most people feel that way, but there are some outliers.

My ex-husband is from a very rural town, and he had friends that thought it was hilarious that some people feel the need to buckle up if they're just driving 5 minutes to Walmart or whatever. Meanwhile, the roads and terrain there are exactly where you could get into a bad wreck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op here. Not a troll, and I'm sorry I came off as a Karen, I usually am not that type of person at all. I'm just surprised any time I encounter this situation, and it happened again before I posted.

I know a family who lost the one person who wasn't belted in an accident. I am surprised by the "oh it's just a short ride to school, it's not worth" mindset. I'm sorry about sounding sanctimonious, it's not sanctimony, it's anxiety.

You're fine. Folks literally have nothing better to do than criticize posts. I'm not overstating that. They literally have nothing better to do than to try to show a stranger that they're wrong and make them feel bad. It is sad and not normal. Please ignore them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When you drive off of a bridge and into a lake, those kids will be able to swim up to the surface.
You will be buckled down and drown.

So for this reason, you don't use seatbelts?

[Anonymous]

Seatbelts and my 13 year old (who is petite) still rides in the back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I do not wear my seatbelt I just don't. My whole family incl my 2 kids do. Some of their friends do/don't. I'm OK with it. Shit happens in life but I am not a control freak. This is just not something I'm going to stress ever.

What some people fail to understand is that car safety isn’t just about surviving or not. You can survive but then have some pretty terrible injuries. Oh and when you are unbuckled you become a projectile who can kill or hurt other people. So it’s not just about you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When you drive off of a bridge and into a lake, those kids will be able to swim up to the surface.
You will be buckled down and drown.

Tall bridge?
The unbuckled will be tossed around in the car and be too injured to swim.
Also, cars don't usually sink so fast because of the air pocket inside.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I do not wear my seatbelt I just don't. My whole family incl my 2 kids do. Some of their friends do/don't. I'm OK with it. Shit happens in life but I am not a control freak. This is just not something I'm going to stress ever.

What some people fail to understand is that car safety isn’t just about surviving or not. You can survive but then have some pretty terrible injuries. Oh and when you are unbuckled you become a projectile who can kill or hurt other people. So it’s not just about you.

+1
PPP who is okay with not buckling. You okay with your kids changing your diaper for as long as you live? Because that is more likely than death.