Jon Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 If a law came in saying its up to you if you wear a seat belt or not would or wouldn't you wear one? I would wear one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrainThrust Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 I'd always wear one, i think it'd be stupid to risk your life by not doing so. What really gets on my nerves is when you see an estate car on the motorway and the parents are buckled in tight but the kids are roaming around beltless in the back, have these people no sense?! Wilf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bookey Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 I would wear one its force of habit putting it on as you get in to the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abdul Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 Originally posted by BrainThrust What really gets on my nerves is when you see an estate car on the motorway and the parents are buckled in tight but the kids are roaming around beltless in the back, have these people no sense?! The number of times I've seen that on the roads of Sheffield...it makes my blood run cold every time. If a child was to go through the windscreen at 30 mph, in the event of a crash or sudden stop, there wouldn't be much left of their pretty little face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Ruscoe Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 It'd depend on the journey I think. A friend of my parents was in quite a serious car incident years ago. He wasn't wearing his seatbelt... however, the police said that if he was wearing his seatbelt, he could have been killed! (His steering wheel was pushed back into his seat, but the driver's door had been pushed open and he'd fallen out. Makes you think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazB Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 Mine's beeps at me if I don't put the belt on. Along with my own safety, I'd surely wear it to stop that annoying noise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzy Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 Yep i do always wear mine, think it is stupid to not do so. Though i do have a problem at the minute of i have acquired a new car and the belt is not long enough for me to lean forward to see very well. Does anyone have any ideas as to where would be a good place to get an extension for it. I have asked around and i am not getting very far. Any help appreciated. Thanks. (And no i didn't buy the car, as if i would be daft enough to buy it if it was not right) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin_s Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 Friend of mine was a cop in Canada and she gave me the illustrated lecture... I'll never forget those pics, nor the physics of trying to stop your combined mass x velocity using just your arms... Clunk, click, ever trip... or it'll be your last... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t020 Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 I'd definitely wear a seatbelt. Putting one on takes all of half a second. It really isn't worth risking it for the sake of half a second every time you get in the car. On the subject of irresponsible parents, I saw a toddler but the other day walking about on the back seat of a car whilst its (presumably) parents were in the front, driving. Disgusting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fnkysknky Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 The problem is though when you spend a long time in a vehicle like I used to - 6+ hours per day in a Transit van the seatbelt gets uncomfortable and I mean really uncomfortable. It gets to the point where you have to wedge stuff in it give you a little slack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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