Driving without seat belt - Online course or £100 Fixed penalty?

Car_54

Deleted_User said:

Scrapit said:

Supersonos said:

There are ways to disable the chime.  If you put the seatbelt in and out 8 times on my car, it disables the chime.

Alternatively, put a spare buckle in the catch.

Eight times? That's pretty much saying its easier to put the belt on.

Seems to be more common to just buckle the seatbelt and then sit on top of it to avoid the chimes

That would also put you in line for a Darwin Award.

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On a related note, if you disable the passenger chime with one of those fake seatbelt ends, or fasten the belt, so you can leave your bag on the seat, the passenger airbag will deploy in a collision. This will wreck the dash and smash the windscreen- which may be the least of your worries I agree, but if it is your dog on the seat (in a harness) or a child seat you need to disable the airbag with the switch provided.

missile

I would rather pay £100 fine rather than £95 to suffer sanctimonious preaching for 2.5 hours.

Teedles

With Tesco insurance who don't ask about speed awareness courses but do ask about points on your license (caught doing 36 in a 30 limit).

My course (next month) requires me to download Zoom to make the course interactive and to ensure my undivided attention.

Two and a half hours with a break is a no brainer, it's done and dusted,

Biggus_Dickus

missile said:

I would rather pay £100 fine rather than £95 to suffer sanctimonious preaching for 2.5 hours.

2.5hrs is a finite time;...a minor speeding fine could perhaps?? have future unforeseen consequences .

...just sayin’ 

neilmcl

Teedles said:

With Tesco insurance who don't ask about speed awareness courses but do ask about points on your license (caught doing 36 in a 30 limit).

My course (next month) requires me to download Zoom to make the course interactive and to ensure my undivided attention.

Two and a half hours with a break is a no brainer, it's done and dusted,

That's all well and good but this post isn't about a speeding offence but rather a non-endorsable FPN for not wearing a seat belt, which will have no impact on on insurance and isn't declarable. So as the poster above mentioned, do you want to spend £90 odd quid and spend valuable time listening to an online course or just pay the FPN and get on with your life.

neilmcl

Biggus_Dickus said:

missile said:

I would rather pay £100 fine rather than £95 to suffer sanctimonious preaching for 2.5 hours.

2.5hrs is a finite time;...a minor speeding fine could perhaps?? have future unforeseen consequences .

...just sayin’ 

But the thread isn't about a speeding offence!

Biggus_Dickus

neilmcl said:

Biggus_Dickus said:

missile said:

I would rather pay £100 fine rather than £95 to suffer sanctimonious preaching for 2.5 hours.

2.5hrs is a finite time;...a minor speeding fine could perhaps?? have future unforeseen consequences .

...just sayin’ 

But the thread isn't about a speeding offence!

Sorry!   
...senior moment, it’s a 'minor fixed penalty fine' of course,..not a 'minor speeding fine’.

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Car_54 said:

Deleted_User said:

Scrapit said:

Supersonos said:

There are ways to disable the chime.  If you put the seatbelt in and out 8 times on my car, it disables the chime.

Alternatively, put a spare buckle in the catch.

Eight times? That's pretty much saying its easier to put the belt on.

Seems to be more common to just buckle the seatbelt and then sit on top of it to avoid the chimes

That would also put you in line for a Darwin Award.

Indeed, there was an infamous case in the US of an "advocate" against seatbelt laws, he was killed in a car crash where the belt would have saved him (as it did the 2 other people in the car who were wearing them)

Car_54

neilmcl said:

Teedles said:

With Tesco insurance who don't ask about speed awareness courses but do ask about points on your license (caught doing 36 in a 30 limit).

My course (next month) requires me to download Zoom to make the course interactive and to ensure my undivided attention.

Two and a half hours with a break is a no brainer, it's done and dusted,

That's all well and good but this post isn't about a speeding offence but rather a non-endorsable FPN for not wearing a seat belt, which will have no impact on on insurance and isn't declarable. So as the poster above mentioned, do you want to spend £90 odd quid and spend valuable time listening to an online course or just pay the FPN and get on with your life.

What makes you think it isn't declarable?

My policy (Direct Line) asks for all fixed penalties (excluding only parking) to be notified.

I agree it will almost certainly have no impact.