Why don't people wear seat belts?

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[Post New]02/22/2016 15:40
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Anonymous
My husband has buried 5 childhood friends because they weren't wearing seat belts and were ejected from their vehicles. Had they been wearing them, all would have survived.

[Post New]02/22/2016 15:48
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Anonymous
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NP here. That's nonsense. I could be drunk, tired or ill and I always wear a seatbelt. It's just what I do when I get in a car.


Well, I guess you're just a better person than all these people on the second line of this NHTSA survey.



http://www.nhtsa.gov/people/injury/research/SafetySurvey/Chapter2.html
[Post New]02/22/2016 15:56
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
NP here. That's nonsense. I could be drunk, tired or ill and I always wear a seatbelt. It's just what I do when I get in a car.


Well, I guess you're just a better person than all these people on the second line of this NHTSA survey.



http://www.nhtsa.gov/people/injury/research/SafetySurvey/Chapter2.html


Not better, but it is such an ingrained habit I put my seat belt on even if seating in the car without plans to move it for a time.

Those that claim to have forgotten, I bet are not as regular seat belt users as they think.
[Post New]02/22/2016 17:28
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It's not the "being thrown clear of the crash" part that's the problem, it's the "hitting the ground at 65mph" part.


Right, it's not the fall that kills. It's the sudden stop.


"Speed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary, that's what gets you." --Jeremy Clarkson

[Post New]02/22/2016 18:40
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Anonymous
List of notable people who died in traffic collisions

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_notable_people_who_died_in_traffic_collisions

Some would still be alive if they had worn seat belts.
[Post New]02/22/2016 21:26
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Anonymous wrote:The NJ Miss America contestant that just died was also not wearing a seat belt.


I just was reading that story. To be so beautiful and smart, she made a really stupid decision.

Wear your seat belts. Even if you're going 5 mins up the road.
[Post New]02/22/2016 21:32
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:LEOs rarely wear belts because of need to enter and exit car quickly. Carries over in personal life.

Well, that and they're all idiots.
[Post New]02/22/2016 21:36
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Anonymous
My brother used to be like that. He's a libertarian type who didn't feel like wearing one and why should the government tell him what to do and blah blah blah. Well, in college he got so many tickets for it (go you, local New England police!) that he finally gave in and started wearing it. A few years later, he was struck from the back by a driver going about 100 mph while messing with the CD player. His car was a ball of tinfoil, but he was saved by the Subaru...and his seat belt.
[Post New]02/22/2016 21:45
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:I HATE seatbelts. I am short and it is always digging into my neck. But my car beeping about me not wearing it is more annoying than the neck thing so I do wear it.


In the 5-hour course they teach that seat belts should not be anywhere near your neck. They should go across the shoulder/ upper arm and chest. If your car doesn't have ways to adjust seat belt height (I didn't notice mine did until I looked, after this course, because I'm short too) then a booster is a good idea.
[Post New]02/24/2016 01:02
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Anonymous
Some people are ignorant and foolishly believe that seat belts are more harmful than helpful.

They buy into the dumb myth that seat belts can trap you in your car in case of a car accident.

Putting on your seat belt takes like 20 seconds.

Who actually refuses to invest such a tiny amount of time in themselves.....???!
[Post New]02/24/2016 10:19
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MikeL
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:A lot of times it's cultural. My husband comes from a part of the world where wearing a seatbelt is considered very weak and "not manly".


What culture is this?


NP here: on vacation in Mexico, I've driven to many scuba diving sites in jeeps with no doors; no seat belts were used (once we even passed through a police check point). No one cares about seat belts from what I saw. And kids were usually seated in their mothers laps, not car seats).

That's known as a "Utah Air Bag"
[Post New]02/24/2016 10:30
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Anonymous
My mother used to say it wrinkled her clothes.
[Post New]02/24/2016 14:15
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I HATE seatbelts. I am short and it is always digging into my neck. But my car beeping about me not wearing it is more annoying than the neck thing so I do wear it.


In the 5-hour course they teach that seat belts should not be anywhere near your neck. They should go across the shoulder/ upper arm and chest. If your car doesn't have ways to adjust seat belt height (I didn't notice mine did until I looked, after this course, because I'm short too) then a booster is a good idea.


+1. My grandfather was short and got into a car wreck. He died from injuries sustained from the seatbelt because it was sitting at the neck.
[Post New]02/24/2016 15:12
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Anonymous
In addition to adult booster seats, you can get inexpensive seatbelt positioners.
[Post New]02/24/2016 15:47
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:In addition to adult booster seats, you can get inexpensive seatbelt positioners.

I don't think these are technically approved for use.
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