Poll: Do you wear a seatbelt?

[EeveeElectro]

That ad was creepy. But I have the telly on in the background and right at the end I heard, "Kellogs crunchy nut..." made me laugh. Bathos ftw.

I always wear a seatbelt. I don't trust anyone to drive me and when I'm in a taxi, I sit in the back with my seatbelt on and holding onto the door because I don't like taxi drivers.

 

[effilctar]

It doesn't even cross my mind, I do it automatically. As soon as I get in I automatically put on my seatbelt and check my mirrors and blind spot, even on my street which I never need to check on.

 

[Calgetorix]

I occasionally let it slip when I'm a passenger while driving with someone I completely trust. If I'm driving or a passenger in a friend's car then I'll always wear one.

I'm not trying to take the moral high grounds here but even if you trust somebody completely and don't wear a seatbelt, I sure as hell still wouldn't trust all the other drivers in the traffic around me. Therefore, wearing the seatbelt all the time is a must for me.

 

[Laughing Man]

There is an advert making the rounds in the UK, which shows the dangers of wearing a seatbelt. If you hit something, your body stops, but your internal organs keep moving forward, and slam into your ribcage (or whatever). If you don't wear a seatbelt, you have more time to slow down before your body actually stops, so the UKs "wear a seatbelt" campaign has made me think twice about putting one on.

This one you mean http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq9OLd-XtHE

Yes but it's not a conscious decision it is purely instinct.

 

[RUINER ACTUAL]

My car is old, and it has a belt that comes across you when the door closes. It's really just for looks, and the lap belt is broken.

 

[Comma-Kazie]

Only idiots don't.

 

[thenumberthirteen]

Sure do. I can see no reason for me not to wear one. My mother's friend's daughter was in a car crash without a seatbelt and is now paralyzed from the chest down. Ever since wearing seatbelts became the law there has been a drastic reduction in injuries.

 

[JaredXE]

Always, why wouldn't you?

My opinion, people who don't deserve exactly what they get.

That said, I don't think there should be a law DEMANDING that you wear one, or helmets for bikes. Personal responsibility people, catch it!

 

[x0ny]

Yes, I'm sure it saves lives, and besides, we get fined for not wearing it. 500GBP, or 60GBP for a fixed penalty fine. As a driver we must also ensure everyone else in the car is wearing a seatbelt.

 

[wildpeaks]

Yes, all the time. It has always been mandatory for as far as I've been alive in my country.

 

[CoverYourHead]

I have my doubts that my body would survive being in a mash-up of metal traveling at 50 miles per hour. So yeah, I do.

EDIT: First post on the third page! Woo!

 

[Gigaguy64]

It is there for safety. So of course I will make use of it.
"Better safe than sorry" < I practically live by that saying, most of the time. kinda.
So ja, I always wear the seatbelt.

I wish more people would live by that saying, or at least give it a though every now and then.

OT: All the time, iv seen enough people who have died or been seriously hurt just because they didn't wear their seatbelt.

 

[SaunaKalja]

Always. You can get fined for not wearing it and it's not really that big of an inconvinience anyways

 

[SovietSecrets]

All the time if I am in the front seats and then sometimes if I am in the back.

 

[UberMore]

Of course...I guess I have reason not too as if my Granddad was wearing his seatbelt, he would've died during a car crash, but eh, cars are sturdier now.

 

[Chancie]

Yep, I always do too. I don't see why I shouldn't.

 

[BakaSmurf]

Yes, I do wear a seatbelt. Why, you ask? Because I'm not a moron, that's why.

 

[wordsmith]

if you're in my car, you go by my rules.

Rule 1) is don't touch the music unless I say you can.

Rule 2) is Belt On or Walk On. Your call.

 

[Treblaine]

All the time, even right now. It keeps my trousers up.