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

Biggus_Dickus

Scrapit said:

TooManyPoints said:

 I dont need an lecture in seismic events from some poster on a forum.

That's very possibly true. Who knows? But, armed with your in-depth knowledge of seismology, would you pay a £100 fine or take a course when accused of a seatbelt offence?  

I'd pay the fine and not do the course with or without a mask. I cant imagine the course is very in depth: wear a seat belt, it'll probably keep you alive. How they stretch that to several hours I dont know

They don't;... the seatbelt course takes  just 30mins and the fee is £52.80 (with or without a mask,...or seismometer)

Scrapit

Biggus_Dickus said:

Scrapit said:

TooManyPoints said:

 I dont need an lecture in seismic events from some poster on a forum.

That's very possibly true. Who knows? But, armed with your in-depth knowledge of seismology, would you pay a £100 fine or take a course when accused of a seatbelt offence?  

I'd pay the fine and not do the course with or without a mask. I cant imagine the course is very in depth: wear a seat belt, it'll probably keep you alive. How they stretch that to several hours I dont know

They don't;... the seatbelt course takes  just 30mins and the fee is £52.80 (with or without a mask,...or seismometer)

Oh, well then I cant see how they stretch it to half an hour but the cost and small amount of time taken would start to make it viable against a £100 fine, regardless of how inane it must be.

Car_54

Scrapit said:

Biggus_Dickus said:

Scrapit said:

TooManyPoints said:

 I dont need an lecture in seismic events from some poster on a forum.

That's very possibly true. Who knows? But, armed with your in-depth knowledge of seismology, would you pay a £100 fine or take a course when accused of a seatbelt offence?  

I'd pay the fine and not do the course with or without a mask. I cant imagine the course is very in depth: wear a seat belt, it'll probably keep you alive. How they stretch that to several hours I dont know

They don't;... the seatbelt course takes  just 30mins and the fee is £52.80 (with or without a mask,...or seismometer)

Oh, well then I cant see how they stretch it to half an hour but the cost and small amount of time taken would start to make it viable against a £100 fine, regardless of how inane it must be.

As inane as it needs to be for its target audience?

Scrapit

Car_54 said:

Scrapit said:

Biggus_Dickus said:

Scrapit said:

TooManyPoints said:

 I dont need an lecture in seismic events from some poster on a forum.

That's very possibly true. Who knows? But, armed with your in-depth knowledge of seismology, would you pay a £100 fine or take a course when accused of a seatbelt offence?  

I'd pay the fine and not do the course with or without a mask. I cant imagine the course is very in depth: wear a seat belt, it'll probably keep you alive. How they stretch that to several hours I dont know

They don't;... the seatbelt course takes  just 30mins and the fee is £52.80 (with or without a mask,...or seismometer)

Oh, well then I cant see how they stretch it to half an hour but the cost and small amount of time taken would start to make it viable against a £100 fine, regardless of how inane it must be.

As inane as it needs to be for its target audience?

Dunno, never needed one.  I would expect most people would know you should wear one and why.

Car_54

Scrapit said:

Car_54 said:

Scrapit said:

Biggus_Dickus said:

Scrapit said:

TooManyPoints said:

 I dont need an lecture in seismic events from some poster on a forum.

That's very possibly true. Who knows? But, armed with your in-depth knowledge of seismology, would you pay a £100 fine or take a course when accused of a seatbelt offence?  

I'd pay the fine and not do the course with or without a mask. I cant imagine the course is very in depth: wear a seat belt, it'll probably keep you alive. How they stretch that to several hours I dont know

They don't;... the seatbelt course takes  just 30mins and the fee is £52.80 (with or without a mask,...or seismometer)

Oh, well then I cant see how they stretch it to half an hour but the cost and small amount of time taken would start to make it viable against a £100 fine, regardless of how inane it must be.

As inane as it needs to be for its target audience?

Dunno, never needed one.  I would expect most people would know you should wear one and why.

Yes, but the course isn't for "most" people. It's mainly for those who either don't know, or think they know better.

seatbeltnoob

i got it for driving without seatbelt. As my name suggests I joined the forum after I got the seatbelt ticket.

The funny thing is I was wearing my seatbelt. The plod pulled me over for overtaking a learner driver who was doing 15mph, plod reckons I was overtaking dangerously as there were minor roads joining the main road I was driivng on. Also reckons I was speeding but they had no way of knowing as they were parked.

Anyways I argued the point with them, he conceded, and said "ok, but why weren't you wearing your seatbelt". I don't know what got into me but I just took their word for it and assumed they saw me without a seatbelt while driving.

Then I realised after goinging through the steps of what happened in my head, that I took the seatbelt off after I was pulled over and it's an automatic reaction when I park up.

I always wear seatbelt when driivng, I feel like there's something missing like I've got pants on without underwear when I don't have seatbelt on. To the point that when I am the back passenger on a car I have the seatbelt on too.

Anyway, I took the fine and din't bother with course, it's almost the same price and they will just tell you things to make you feel bad, which only lasts maybe 2 months and you forget everything.