Gov. Corzine was not wearing a seat belt :(

[Pam]

For those who don't know, NJ's Governor Corzine was in a very serious accident yesterday on the Garden State Parkway here in NJ. His injuries, though not life threatening, are very serious. He has 12 broken ribs among other broken bones and is listed in critical condition. He is sedated because breathing is very painful with all of those broken ribs. It was discovered that he was not wearing a seat belt. One of the people who reported early from the scene said that his legs were *dangling out of the window.* That sort of told me that he couldn't have been wearing a seat belt and apparently now it has been confirmed. I am wondering how many people here don't use seat belts. It is very easy to just *buckle up* and it can save lives, not to mention all of the serious injuries that Gov. Corzine has suffered. I am not berating Gov. Corzine, but I bet he will *buckle up* the next time he is riding in a car.

[Marigold2]

I cannot believe anyone would be so dumb as to not wear a seatbelt.

[lizbud]

I hear that Pam It really was a bad idea to skip the belt. I am a true
believer in seat belts. Wasn't he on his way to the meeting with the women's
team?

[Pam]

Wasn't he on his way to the meeting with the women's
team?

The report I heard was that he was leaving Atlantic City after meeting with them but, once again, I only heard it sort of in passing and was not paying complete attention.

Edit: Our local news just said he was on his way to the meeting, but then they said he was going Northbound on the Parkway. To go to Atlantic City he would need to be going Southbound.

[Cinder & Smoke]

... his legs were *dangling out of the window.*

That sort of told me that he couldn't have been wearing a seat belt ...

It is very easy to just *buckle up* and it can save lives,
not to mention all of the serious injuries that Gov. Corzine has suffered.

What totally blows my mind is that his DRIVER was a State Trooper!
WHY on earth the Trooper even started the car before His Governorship was FIRMLY Strapped In
is beyond my ability to comprehend!

When you ride with me - you either *Buckle Up* or get out!

And if I'm riding with you ... YOU'LL *Buckle Up* or I'll get out and walk!
Don't want MY driver floppin around the Bus and trying to *squish* me!

/s/ Phred

[dab_20]

How sad. I do hope he recovers quickly. Being honest... no, I wear my seat belt maybe 60 percent of the time. Although I'm trying to wear it all the time now because my mom says I can't take the permit test until I prove to her I wear it every time.

[Uabassoon]

I always wear a seat belt, I've only been in one car addicent and had minor injuries, but if I hadn't been wearing a seatbelt I don't even know if I would have survived. I was in a minivan and it flipped over, thankfully I just had some cuts from where the window broke and peices of it landed in my arm.

My new car has an annoying buzzer sound so if I don't wear my belt it won't shut up until I put it on. If there is a passanger with me it will also buzz if they aren't wearing a seatbelt.

[ramanth]

I always wear my belt. I don't feel safe without it. Seen too many accidents where people were ejected from their cars.

My new car has an annoying buzzer sound so if I don't wear my belt it won't shut up until I put it on. If there is a passanger with me it will also buzz if they aren't wearing a seatbelt.

Same with my Pontiac Vibe. Continuous annoying chiming if the driver or passenger aren't wearing belts. Scared the crap out of me once because Andy has a habit of taking his belt off as we are pulling into parking lots and the alarm went off and I near slammed on the brakes thinking something was wrong with the car.

[chocolatepuppy]

I always buckle up.

[Craftlady]

I always buckle up as a driver and passenger.
In Kentucky you can be pulled over for not being belted (driver) and (passengers).

[Cincy'sMom]

My new car has an annoying buzzer sound so if I don't wear my belt it won't shut up until I put it on. If there is a passanger with me it will also buzz if they aren't wearing a seatbelt.

I was starting to get bad about wearing mine if I was staying close to home....just running to the drugstore, down the street to my BIL's....on residental streets. Now my new Nitro also has the annoying buzzer, so I always put it on right away, even if every street I'm driving on is 25 mph.

Last week I was travelling with one of our sales guys, and I was complaining about the buzzer. He's like, couldn't you disable that...find the fuse or something. I laughed becuase that was the first thought I had too...but the safer, smarter thing to do, is just to wear the seatbelt!! And now, that's what I do

[BitsyNaceyDog]

Justin's truck has that seat belt buzzer too. We always wear our seat belts when we're on the road so it usually doesn't bother us. It is incredible annoying though when we stop at the end of the driveway to get the mail and that stupid buzzer goes off so we have to re-buckle just to drive the short distance down the driveway. It's also annoying when Justin is doing yard work and is driving the truck around the yard picking up fallen branches and things. It doesn't make a lot of sense to buckle up when you're driving 5 MPH through your own yard and stopping every 15 seconds to pick up yard debris.

[Randi]

I always wear a seatbelt, it's stupid not to, and anyway, it's the law here. I also tend to wear my seat belt on flights, although I loosen it.

[Uabassoon]

I was starting to get bad about wearing mine if I was staying close to home....just running to the drugstore, down the street to my BIL's....on residental streets. Now my new Nitro also has the annoying buzzer, so I always put it on right away, even if every street I'm driving on is 25 mph.

That's good that you wear your seatbelt now, I've heard that the majority of accidents happen close to home. When I was in mine I was on my way back from school which was less than 2 miles away and the accident happened as we were turning onto the street where our house was.

[I_luv_rusty]

I always wear my seat belt in the car. Really the only time I haven't is when I went to a six flags safari and going really slow. I wear it even if my mom is driving me down the street to a friends house. Even if no one asks me to wear one, I do anyway.