Anonymous wrote:I wear mine as the driver or passenger. I don't wear it if I'm in the second/third row. My husband wears his, but he will sometimes do it while in motion as the alert is dinging.

We drive a Pacifica and my kids almost never wear seatbelts. Including my 3 y/o who is in her carseat (she unbuckles it).

Why don't you make them wear seatbelts? Why don't you wear it in the 2nd or 3rd row? Do you just assume an accident can't or won't happen to you?

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Anonymous wrote:I wear mine as the driver or passenger. I don't wear it if I'm in the second/third row. My husband wears his, but he will sometimes do it while in motion as the alert is dinging.

We drive a Pacifica and my kids almost never wear seatbelts. Including my 3 y/o who is in her carseat (she unbuckles it).

I pity your kids for having such irresponsible and stupid parents.

Agree - I am shocked no one has called CPS. I have a cousin who doesn't make her kids wear seatbelts. I ripped the kids a new one when I found out that they unbuckled their seats while I was driving. In front of their mom. She (and you) should be ashamed - I suppose the thought of dead (or motherless) children doesn't bother you.

Anonymous wrote:I wear mine as the driver or passenger. I don't wear it if I'm in the second/third row. My husband wears his, but he will sometimes do it while in motion as the alert is dinging.

We drive a Pacifica and my kids almost never wear seatbelts. Including my 3 y/o who is in her carseat (she unbuckles it).

I pity your kids for having such irresponsible and stupid parents.

Anonymous wrote:I wear mine as the driver or passenger. I don't wear it if I'm in the second/third row. My husband wears his, but he will sometimes do it while in motion as the alert is dinging.

We drive a Pacifica and my kids almost never wear seatbelts. Including my 3 y/o who is in her carseat (she unbuckles it).

I should add that my children are 3, 9, 12, & 16.

I wear mine as the driver or passenger. I don't wear it if I'm in the second/third row. My husband wears his, but he will sometimes do it while in motion as the alert is dinging.

We drive a Pacifica and my kids almost never wear seatbelts. Including my 3 y/o who is in her carseat (she unbuckles it).

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Anonymous wrote:My boyfriend and I do not. I was in an accident growing up in a truck and I survived completely unharmed because I was able to move toward the middle when we were hit. Otherwise I'd have been stuck next to the door when we were hit.

For every accident where a seatbelt prevents movement, there's probably 50 where getting thrown around the car, etc. turns bumps and bruises into life-threatening events.

Or does your one anecdote cancel out decades of research?

Exactly. I'd like you to take a course in statistics. You're so much more likely to need the seatbelt in an accident than need freedom of movement. Also, cars and trucks today are built so that many more direct impacts are survivable than before, so even if you're sitting right next to the door, it's better to be in your seatbelt than without.

Anonymous wrote:My boyfriend and I do not. I was in an accident growing up in a truck and I survived completely unharmed because I was able to move toward the middle when we were hit. Otherwise I'd have been stuck next to the door when we were hit.

For every accident where a seatbelt prevents movement, there's probably 50 where getting thrown around the car, etc. turns bumps and bruises into life-threatening events.

Or does your one anecdote cancel out decades of research?

Anonymous wrote:I don't in my own car. My boobs are huge.

Worthless without pics.

Whoever doesnt, I suggest you read the book "90 minutes in Heaven"...

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Anonymous wrote:Ever since Princess Diana died in that car crash, I wear the seatbelt, whether I'm the driver or a passenger.

Why? Are the paparazzi stalking you on motorcycles?

No, Einstein. She wasn't wearing a seatbelt and thus bounced around the car, causing her to die.

right the crash happened b/c they were being pursued by a bunch of photographers on motorcycles (although the courts did not find these a-holes at fault)

Are you stupid? Or just an asshole. It doesnt matter WHY they crashed. It just matter that they crashed and the car smashed into the pillars. Her body was fucked. But go ahead and win a Darwin award.

Not wearing seatbelt = Opportunity to improve the gene pool.

We used to tell my grandmother (God rest her soul) that all new cars could detect driver/passenger weight in the seats and wouldn't start unless the seatbelts were being used. Yes, we will probably go to hell for lying, but at least it convinced her to use her seatbelt.

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Anonymous wrote:Ever since Princess Diana died in that car crash, I wear the seatbelt, whether I'm the driver or a passenger.

Why? Are the paparazzi stalking you on motorcycles?

Absolutely. Every day. But they worry me less than the drivers around here who barely pay attention to what's right in front of them, not to mention anything in the periphery.

I've never had anyone not buckle up, but I'd do what PP says if it ever happened. If you're not using a seatbelt in my car, we're not going anywere.

Anonymous wrote:I absolutely HATE when people hop into my car and pretend they can't hear the annoying beep telling them to wear the damn thing. GAH!

I straight up ask/tell people riding in my car to buckle up (nicely). It's non-negotiable. I've been teased about this when in college, but my car, my rules/responsibility.