Poll: Americans and Seatbelts
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I live in the U.S. and I never see anyone not wearing seatbelts, so I am forced to conclude that OP's friend is the kind of person who has only avoided natural selection for this long by pure luck.
Also I feel compelled to weigh-in on seatbelt laws... they should only apply when there is more than one person in the car. The only people your flying, idiot body is likely to injure are your passengers, and the chance of your body doing serious damage to another vehicle in the event of a collision is infinitesimally small.
Also I feel compelled to weigh-in on seatbelt laws... they should only apply when there is more than one person in the car. The only people your flying, idiot body is likely to injure are your passengers, and the chance of your body doing serious damage to another vehicle in the event of a collision is infinitesimally small.
many states require it now, which I don't believe in, but yes I wear a seatbelt. Better question, why do people smoke, smoking more often kills people than lack of seatbelts. human beings are far too often entirely unconvinced in their own mortality.TheRealCJ said:
Agreed. A large percentage of the U.S. is mentally retarded. This is why we keep having to drop our standards in public schools (the tards breed faster).
"But it's uncomfortable" Yeah, til you get used to it maybe.
I throw my car around a fair bit and feel extremely out of place without a seat belt. I don't let passengers ride without a seat belt.
"But it's uncomfortable" Yeah, til you get used to it maybe.
I throw my car around a fair bit and feel extremely out of place without a seat belt. I don't let passengers ride without a seat belt.
"But it's uncomfortable" Yeah, til you get used to it maybe.
I throw my car around a fair bit and feel extremely out of place without a seat belt. I don't let passengers ride without a seat belt.
Agreed. A large percentage of the U.S. is mentally retarded. This is why we keep having to drop our standards in public schools (the tards breed faster).paragon1 said:
"But it's uncomfortable" Yeah, til you get used to it maybe.
I throw my car around a fair bit and feel extremely out of place without a seat belt. I don't let passengers ride without a seat belt.
He hit the nail on the head here. In the event of a catastrophic impact, I do not want an unguided projectile in my car. I'll also seatbelt large objects down (laptops, computers, other things that I wouldn't want flying around). While it may not be 100% effective, whatever force it does take from the possible projectile is a bonus.Jonluw said:
I always wear my seatbelt - I mean, why wouldn't you? It's just the smart thing to do. Oh yes, also not wearing one is against the law. This person the OP describes sounds like an idiot who is making my fellow countrymen look bad.
I wear them. I'm actually so used to them that I notice it more when I'm on the public buses or the school shuttles and wearing them isn't an option (ergo, they're not installed). You'd think those are places they would be available, especially with the giant panels of windows on either sides and large number of metal objects around for convenient smashing into.
No offense, but your friend sounds entitled and retarded. Also, like he comes from one of the rare states where it's not seriously enforced if you don't wear a seatbelt, or doesn't ride in the front of vehicles much. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seat_belt_legislation_in_the_United_States implies to me that it's pretty common that they're required now, and the states I drive in it is required.
No offense, but your friend sounds entitled and retarded. Also, like he comes from one of the rare states where it's not seriously enforced if you don't wear a seatbelt, or doesn't ride in the front of vehicles much. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seat_belt_legislation_in_the_United_States implies to me that it's pretty common that they're required now, and the states I drive in it is required.
If they all have something against seatbelts it probably stems from the "pepsi generation" and the rise of the automobile, lots of deaths in crashes due to poor saftey and such back in those days. Although thats just an outsiders look on things, might be that they were just raised as a child without being forced to wear one and is simply used to being without it.
here in Massachusetts, we get click it or ticket which enforces seat belts. Also, where in america did your friend live? 'cause we use our seat belts here always. it's not a nuisance or anything.
Ha! Reminds me when I was younger living in Qatar (Next to Saudi Arabia - Now live back in britain). My dad was driving me to school one day and got pulled over by the police. He thought they were giving him a speeding ticket or something and instead thanked him for being in his, and having me, in seatbelts (because so few Qatries do) and gave him a free watch! Lol awesome times.TheRealCJ said:
Maybe it's a British thing! Either way - I prefer to be safe. ************. (Had to end it on such a note not to sound SO pansy-ish)
Yea but if you hit another person and your body goes flying into their car and you die it could really mess them up mentally.Vuljatar said:
I feel uncomfortable when I'm not wearing a seatbelt in a car. I feel...vulnerable. One of my cousins recently ended up in a few casts because she and her friends had been drinking and were all riding in her truck without seatbelts, when her fiance (who had also been drinking) wrapped the truck around a tree. Somehow, nobody died. I'm pretty sure it was a wake up call for her, anyway. She and her fiance were very close to leaving their almost three-year-old son without a mom or dad.
You couldn't pay me to ride a significant distance without a seatbelt. And I make sure everyone in my car is wearing theirs if I'm driving them, too. Because the last thing I want to do is put flowers on a friend's grave because they flew through my windshield. A lot of people here in Missouri regard seatbelts quite casually, and a lot of those friends probably wouldn't do it if I didn't tell them to.
You couldn't pay me to ride a significant distance without a seatbelt. And I make sure everyone in my car is wearing theirs if I'm driving them, too. Because the last thing I want to do is put flowers on a friend's grave because they flew through my windshield. A lot of people here in Missouri regard seatbelts quite casually, and a lot of those friends probably wouldn't do it if I didn't tell them to.
