Do you wear your seatbelt?

[griffin]

No. Actually not wearing it saved me from serious injury once, which is probably not the norm, but still...

 

[Redskinsfan]

38 years, always have always will. Feel uncomfortable without it.

Exactly, and for the same number of years too.

 

[Sylvain]

I always wear it and when im driving with other people in the car I only start the engine once everybody is wearing it.
I dont care if they want to wear it or not.If they are not wearing one they put my life at risk too.
I have been in a couple of rollovers.If you dont wear your seatbelt as the car is rolling over at high speed you can break your neck, get ejected from the car and be cut in half as the car is spinning, get crushed by the weight of any passenger who's not wearing his seatbelt etc.
Also if someone is sitting behind you on the rear seat, without wearing a seatbelt, you can get killed by their weight combined with the G force of the crash.
That's a weight of several thousand pounds hitting the back of your seat.

 

[Brandon]

Yup, except when I'm driving my truck around in the yard.

 

[RedneckReject]

I honestly don't even think about putting it on anymore. I just do it out of habit. A few months ago my guy was putting a new interior in his truck. He had it pretty much all finished and we took it to go somewhere. Turns out he didn't re-install the passenger seatbelt. I felt so awkward that I made him fix it before we left. I just don't feel right without one.

 

[Diesel24v]

When I first started driving, it was second nature to put it on. Now for some reason I hardly put it on but know that I should. My nephews and niece were on a school bus that rolled a month or so ago and only one kid was seriously injured (i believe is ok now) and one had a broken arm so that was a miracle that noone was hurt worse with no seat belts.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

I always have since before it was the law, mostly because I had to ride in the car with me driving, which used to be scarier than it is now. You get anecdotal evidence of people being fine without versus those that weren't with, but that's all it is, anecdotal. You're better off with.

 

[Benny]

I always wear it and when im driving with other people in the car I only start the engine once everybody is wearing it.
I dont care if they want to wear it or not.If they are not wearing one they put my life at risk too.
I have been in a couple of rollovers.If you dont wear your seatbelt as the car is rolling over at high speed you can break your neck, get ejected from the car and be cut in half as the car is spinning, get crushed by the weight of any passenger who's not wearing his seatbelt etc.
Also if someone is sitting behind you on the rear seat, without wearing a seatbelt, you can get killed by their weight combined with the G force of the crash.
That's a weight of several thousand pounds hitting the back of your seat.

I was in a roll-over once and I didn't have a seatbelt on (younger, stupid days). I didn't even spill my drink.
































It was a large Coke from McDonalds. Stop it with your assumptions.

 

[Hajisc]

I was always against wearing it until I started drag racing and saw a couple bad crashes that people walked away from at speeds over 160mph. I've always been a rebel when forced to do things but in my opinion it's stupid not to wear it, I have a family that relies on me and can't take the chance of being crippled or killed because of my pride.

 

[Hoosier Cowboy]

Only on the Interstates honestly

 

[IndyDave1776]

Funny story about this. I am a firm believer that it is none of the state's business and am not convinced of the validity of the safety argument. Further, I am satisfied that any accident big enough to get to me in the semi I drive most of the time is going to be sufficiently severe that the seatbelt will be irrelevant to my personal outcome and big enough for those concerned about me staying in my seat that there won't be a chance in the universe of recovering control of the vehicle.

That said, I was not in the habit of wearing a seatbelt. The law didn't persuade me, tickets didn't persuade me, a handful of state troopers in a crowded restaurant having a good laugh at my expense over my seatbelt tickets didn't persuade me. Finally, one day the subject came up while talking to my boss' s daughter. She wouldn't let me off the hook until I promised her that I would wear one from then one. Can't wiggle out of that, so now I wear one religiously.

 

[chibicascade]

Yeah! let's all admit to breaking the law!
I wear mine since my family has a string of bad luck getting pulled over. I don't even like to speed.

 

[spainy79]

After hearing about the details of someone I knew who died in a crash I wear mine all the time.

 

[Mosinguy]

Yeah! let's all admit to breaking the law!
I wear mine since my family has a string of bad luck getting pulled over. I don't even like to speed.

Who honestly hasn't broken a law at one point or another?



Seriously.

 

[Vilage.Idiot]

I do not wear mine. Even after surviving a roll over accident (unbelted) on 41 this summer near Veedersburgh. I dont wear a helmet on my Harley either.

 

[Benny]

What is really cute is a motorcycle cop ticketing a driver for not having a seatbelt on...Since the cop is clearly safer on a bike than someone else is un-belted in a vehicle.

Da law iz da law, right?

 

[DocGlock86]

Only on the Interstates honestly

This ^^^ or longer drives than the usual "around the city drives". I know I know I could get into just as bad of a wreck just a few miles from my house than on 465. It's just a habit I've gotten into.

 

[Sasquatchhunter]

If you've got anyone that depends on you, or anyone that cares for you or vice versa, its pretty freaking stupid not to wear a seatbelt. All the "I got in a wreck without one and I was fine!" stories are highly untypical, so you guys are lucky lucky lucky. Don't roll the dice again. You will lose.

 

[Whosyer]

Always in the wifes Liberty. (The little bell drives me crazy) Always in my Wrangler. Rarely in my F350. Does anyone else shake their head at the news media's reporting of fatalities? "The victim hit a tree at 120 mph, and was killed instantly. Police say he was not wearing his helmet" Or, "the victims ford focus hit a semi head on, police say he was not wearing a seatbelt".

 

[Sylvain]

If you've got anyone that depends on you, or anyone that cares for you or vice versa, its pretty freaking stupid not to wear a seatbelt. All the "I got in a wreck without one and I was fine!" stories are highly untypical, so you guys are lucky lucky lucky. Don't roll the dice again. You will lose.