You should always wear your seat belt!

if it was real  i feel sorry for that motor he was in ..i mean thats a large american bashing up the nice velour interior......still doesnt explain why there was a cam in the car ..

that's exactly what happened to me in the X (apart from sleepies).

this is interesting (and wrong, i know) but of all the accidents I have ever been in I have only ever got hurt when wearing a seatbelt.

when not fine.

I am not condoning anyone else not wear theirs, just my experience.

Coasting, go for harnesses, they are well comfy! probably look a bit of a d1ck tho'.....

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sleeper wrote: Coasting, go for harnesses, they are well comfy! probably look a bit of a d1ck tho'.....

and get those seat belt pad things
oh and some neon lights

kbannon wrote: sleeper wrote: Coasting, go for harnesses, they are well comfy! probably look a bit of a d1ck tho'..... and get those seat belt pad things oh and some neon lights

is this from experience???

With the way modern cars are designed (please ignore the chevette for now) with their super strong safety cell that won't crumple on impact, I'd much rather have my belt on and be retained within this strong structure than have no belt and be propelled through the windscreen at 50 mph. Also the active safety system in a car relies on the occupants all wearing seatbelts, if an airbag explodes with you spread across it from not wearing your belt apparently it has the power to break all your ribs.

My father doesn't wear his belt and I am continuously giving out to him, he too cites the personal comfort aspect of their use but to be honest I feel strange when I don't have mine on, it becomes habitual and I can honestly say I have never had a comfort problem with them. I'd rather be restrained in my seat during any sort of impact than thrown wildly around the cabin, free to hit other occupants and cause both myself and them more damage. It's personal preference of course guys (apart from the fact it is illegal not to wear one) but for what its worth, and the discomfort it may cause (irrelevant argument if you ask me when you consider the possible consequences) you are always best to have the belt on. Remember - 'Klunk, Klick!'

B 7 VP wrote: PS-No Belters--NO Brainers--Its Uncomfortable//So IS DEATH !!

Well said. Not wearing a seat belt is just stupid. I know a lad who didn't and ended up braking a windscreen with his head. No pleasant.

They are only uncomfortable for a while then you get used to them. I don't feel right in a car unless my seatbelt is on. Oh and the notion that they cause more injuries than they prevent is rubbish.

 

Along the lines of Peter last post....

Does anyone here remember the add on tv not so long ago about the lad who got into the back seat of a car and didn't wear a seatbelt?

The line from the add went something like "after killing his mother, 'name' sat back down"

The car (a red Astra) came to a sudden stop after colliding head on with another car, the rear passenger got flung forward into the rear of the drivers seat with such a force that the whiplash broke the drivers neck.

I make all rear passengers in my car wear a seatbelt so they don't kill the front seat occupants!

Not wearing seatbelts = no brainer = danger to themselves and anyone else in the same vehicle. You saw in Killians video how that driver was flung about inside the cabin.  He would have killed any other occupants.

My other half is a hospital doctor.  She did a 6 month stint in A&E in Crosshouse near Kilmarnock near the A77/M77 (road of death!)  They would get numerous folk in from RTA's and would get people arriving at A&E dead due to lack of seatbelts and passengers from the same car who did wear seatbelts would come in with huge bruises and cuts but they could still, walk, talk and more importantly still breath than their 'hard man, I don't need to wear a seatbelt' friend who was found lying under the car etc after being flung out.

Christmas Day 2003 Crosshouse A&E ward, two kids seriously hurt after leaving the car, via a window after not wearing a seatbelt as their parents let them off from wearing them as it was Christmas.  Stupid, absolutley stupid.

Anyopne who doesn't wear a seatbelt should go and do a stint in a hospital A&E ward.

Peter, being a head banger (as per recent posts, not an insult to you sir!) you'll know what happened to Metallica's original Bass player.  Found squashed under their tour bus after being flung out a window in the bus as it rolled over. Again no seat belts.......

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Andrew

No such thing as personal choice here then! I am such a naughty boy, but then so is coasting and pma1ums.

Fair enough if you have other people in the car but FYI its only ever me in my car anyway. If there are kids in the car (not for me) then yes they wear belts and you set an example. If you have rear passengers who could kill the front passesngers then they to must wear them regardless.

Me, I reserve my right to make my own decisions and if I choose to break the law and endanger my own life when on my own, that is my choice.

All your opinions are perfectly valid to me and I see your points. Just can't get the stubborn rulebreaker side of me to lie down!

 

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Just to bore everyone to death, I watched a documentary on TV about lap belts breaking peoples backs when they were bent double in an impact.

From the next day onwards, I have always converted lap belts to a full harness with a kit that costs about £35.

Two years ago ( when we get to may the third ), I was involved in a head on bump whilst driving my old 5 series ( the first one ).

My little lad celebrated his ninth birthday last month, a few of you have met him, without that conversion I doubt he would have survived, let alone not wearing a belt at all.

Discomfort wearing a seatbelt ? what absolute tosh !

Attend a few accidents...see the carnage, and I mean carnage, go and knock on their parents/relatives doors and watch their faces when they see you.

Sorry chaps, I absolutely hate to see people not making use of genuine safety devices, if it causes you discomfort you will be able to obtain a medical exemption certificate as there must be something wrong with your body.

I'd quite happily see this offence raised to 11 points, you'd wear it then.

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