Do you fasten your seatbelt for every journey?.....really?......I don't

reduceditem

Probably just laziness.....

Apart from the obvious risk to myself (and that irksome 'law' stuff), am I really doing anything that bad?


For the record, I always wear it on the m-way and on most country roads. It's just around town, really, that I sometimes find it annoying and may 'forget' to put it on for a bit. I do always insist on any passengers buckling up, btw.

Thoughts?

Gandalfthesecond

Statists show a high number of collisions are close to your home address, so maybe you are.

concerned43

Are you mad? always always wear a seat belt! :mad:

thescouselander

Yes, I always wear my seat belt - it doesn't feel right if I dont.

Everyone should wear their seatbelt no matter what the journey is. Even at lower speeds in town rear seat passengers can turn into leathal loose articals that can seriosuly injure the front seat passengers (as well as themselves). In the front its just as important.


Put it like this. Years ago I was in a taxi that came off the road at about 40mph. I was wearing my seatbelt and walked away without injury. My mate who was not wearing a seatbelt suffered injuries to his back which he still suffers from today.

Blobby8_2

I never wear a seat belt on my motorcycle.
I wear one in the car otherwise there is an annoying bleeping thing for 5 minutes.

reduceditem

Blobby8 wrote: »

I wear one in the car otherwise there is an annoying bleeping thing for 5 minutes.

Ooooohh....those things! :mad:


Can be quite hard finding the right fuse to pull/bulb to remove on some cars.

POPPYOSCAR

Yes

I don't much relish the idea of being hideously misfigured by the windscreen or worse in an accident.

Gandalfthesecond

I think reduceditem is bored today and wants us to help him pass the time.

reduceditem

POPPYOSCAR wrote: »

Yes

I don't much relish the idea of being hideously misfigured by the windscreen or worse in an accident.

I doubt anyone does, but people do all sorts of things in a not 'perfectly safe' type of way that could lead to an accident.

Why no law for compulsory 'roping up' on our highest mountains for hillwalkers, etc?

Just sayin'.

aliasojo

It quickly became a habit for me and I just do it without thinking now, so I wear mine all the time.

reduceditem

Gandalfthesecond wrote: »

I think reduceditem is bored today and wants us to help him pass the time.

You've been doing a good job so far.