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

reduceditem

raskazz wrote: »

It may have been mentioned already, but if not you should google 'contributory negligence' and the case of Froom v Butcher.

Yeah, no doubt I'm breaking umpteen laws and IF i'm in a big accident it could be mentioned.....not happened yet, though. It doesn't 'feel' negligent in the slightest to sometimes not wear it around some quiet side streets but doubtless legal eagles and bean-counters would prove otherwise.

michaels

Amazing - the stat quoted above is that 1 in 5 don't wear it and personal experience would suggest this is about right and yet on here apart from the OP we only have the self-righteous...

Flyboy152

reduceditem wrote: »

Not what I remember but hey-ho.

How many do you think died before the mandatory wearing of seat belts was made law?

raskazz

reduceditem wrote: »

Yeah, no doubt I'm breaking umpteen laws and IF i'm in a big accident it could be mentioned.....not happened yet, though. It doesn't 'feel' negligent in the slightest to sometimes not wear it around some quiet side streets but doubtless legal eagles and bean-counters would prove otherwise.

Well, like I say, I doubt you would be quite so blase about this if you were left a quadriplegic because of an accident which was not your fault and couldn't afford to pay a nurse to wipe your backside for you.

reduceditem

raskazz wrote: »

Only absolute idiots drive without belting up.

Like maybe your father....or your father's father?


If me choosing to sometimes not wear a belt in quiet side streets makes me an idiot....then, fine. But I doubt it effects you in any way or causes the slightest increased risk to anyone other than myself.

reduceditem

Flyboy152 wrote: »

How many do you think died before the mandatory wearing of seat belts was made law?

Quite a lot, but that wasn't the point was it?

raskazz

reduceditem wrote: »

But I doubt it effects you in any way or causes the slightest increased risk to anyone other than myself.

Not wearing seatbelts affects everyone because it increases the risk of personal injury which in turn increases everyone's insurance premiums.

reduceditem

raskazz wrote: »

Well, like I say, I doubt you would be quite so blase about this if you were left a quadriplegic because of an accident which was not your fault and couldn't afford to pay a nurse to wipe your backside for you.

So, I shouldn't ever omit to wear a belt (around quiet side streets) in case it leaves me out of pocket in a huge accident?

I'm unconvinced.

reduceditem

raskazz wrote: »

Not wearing seatbelts affects everyone because it increases the risk of personal injury which in turn increases everyone's insurance premiums.

IF i'm in a huge accident.


So far, I haven't cost you a penny.

raskazz

reduceditem wrote: »

So, I shouldn't ever omit to wear a belt (around quiet side streets) in case it leaves me out of pocket in a huge accident?

I'm unconvinced.

Well, like I say - only idiots drive without belting up.