Safety Question (Do you wear your seatbelt?)
 

Sorry if this isn't the place to post this question, and i couldn't figure out how to start a poll so forgive me. There's been a neat discussion on here about the front licence plate and the different laws in each state. so it got me to wondering about something. i know we are all law abiding citizens and never would exceed the posted speed limit! (right)...........

anyway i'll get to the point do you always buckle up your seat belt....
or drive without it. yes i know all about the safety laws and all the reasons why
just wondering. i'm an old timer and should know better but i'm sorry to say it's
one bad habit i can't seem to break. so my answer is usually NO............
sorry to ramble on..............

I occasionally cruise without it, if I'm only going to the corner store or something, but anything over a ten minute drive, or any amount of highway, I click it.

I always wear my seat belt, even if I'm just driving a block down the road. You never know when you're going to need it!

Why would you not buckle up?? :confused:

It's like asking people "will you hit the brake if you are going to hit someone??"

I've always used a seat belt. I'm sure the reason why is that my dad is a fireman/emt and as a result I've heard my fair share of horror stories. Just figure better safe than sorry.

I used to volunteer with my mom at the shock trauma admitting area in Baltimore City. So, yeah, I know firsthand the difference between belted and non-belted.

You'd think I'd be smarter when it came to my own safety. But yeah, it's a difference between night and day.

I always buckle and won't move until all my passengers do too. Foolish not to!

Most accidents happen close to home - I always click it.

Always buckled up.

Always

Mandatory seat belt laws came early to my state -- I lived in Washington State at the time. Many years later it's now just simple muscle memory to buckle up -- don't even think about it.

I created a poll for you.

I've worn my seat belt since I started driving. I feel naked without it and I feel as if I'm not secured to the car (technically I'm not).

When I was in high school I was a passenger in a friends car that got t-boned. I specifically remember the seat belt going taught a spit second before my head was about to go through the passenger window. The seat belt most likely saved my life once already. There's no reason to stop using it now. :driving:

I hardly ever use it. It's not even a safety issue, it's only a revenue generator for the .gov. Besides, I don't need one for my streetbike and I'm generally safer in my car.

Racing School 101: First put on seatbelt.

I do it without thinking about it..

It is a safety issue. Belts keep you relatively stable and stationary during the crash. Your chest doesn't hit the steering column as often, you are less likely to be ejected from the vehicle, less likely to bang around inside the cabin of the car in the case of hard contact.

I don't know how much of this can be mitigated with modern airbag systems, but I do know that you are safer with a belt on than not.

Thank You

Always, I can't even back up without it on. I fly commercially for a living and it creeps me out to not be well connected to the seat when operating a vehicle.

... after flying through a windshield because i wasn't wearing the seat belt in the back seat, YES i wearing for 5min for 2min, in the front seat, back seat. any seat.

I always where my seat belt. I might leave it off only if I'm not leaving my parking lot, but even then I usually put it on. Better safe than sorry.

I have for a long time now, but only after I was almost thrown through a windshield. My friend Sam just died a few weeks ago from not wearing a seatbealt. Buckle up

http://www.floridatoday.com/article/...teen-hits-hard

i always wear mine. doesn't feel right without it, too much movement.

i have a friend who never wears his, and drives around with the damn car beeping at him since it's not buckled. makes me real uncomfortable to be a passenger when he's driving.

sorry to hear man :shakes head:

state law says click it or ticket.

I do it more for safety then for getting a ticket though. :tiphat:

I wear mine 99% of the time unless I am driving my truck up to the corner liqour store from the office after work (2 blocks on sidestreets) I will ALWAYS wear it if actually driving no matter how short the drive.

feels so awkward not wearing one

I feel like I'm going to get sucked out the car for no reason

The way I drive I most definitely need to wear the seatbelt...

:bowrofl::bowrofl:

Always!

I wear it 85% of the time, I need to be wearing it all the time though.

I once challenged a non seat-belt wearing passenger to stay in their seat while I drove - they lost. Now they always wear the seat-belt, at least when I'm driving.

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Its automatic the moment I sit in the car, always on. Feels weird otherwise.

However when I sit in the backseat of cars, I believe we are supposed to be wearing them too but I must admit I never wear one in the back seat

I like my face inside not outside the windshield so this is a given.... :icon17:

Hey these things happen sometimes :( of course they don't say it in the story, but he was actually thrown out of the truck and when it rolled it crushed his head and half his body. He's not the only friend I've lost to a seat belt related accident, so I always buckle up, and I think about them every time I do.


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always buckle ...must admit hardly ever in the back...however i cannot remember the last time i sat in the back...maybe a few years back...im always driving unless im drunk

Regardless of distance, I always buckle up as a habit.

Always buckle up. No exceptions. I do find myself buckling up after I take off a few feet but I always do it.

Everyone that is saying no, NEEDS to read that.