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Originally Posted by wolf_Q
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same here.Quote:
Originally Posted by wolf_Q
It is just plain foolish to ride in a vehicle or let anyone ride in a vehicle with you without a seatbelt.
I always buckle up now, it's state law. I usually did anyway, but the one time I was in a car accident and hadn't buckled in, it probably saved me. We were in my sister's 1969 Ford Falcon - had-me-down car from my grandfather, then big brother. So it was an old car, 15 years old, and built like a tank. We were on the curves of the infamous Southeast Expressway in Boston, and a ladder had fallen off a truck into the lane we were traveling in. A light rain had just begun to fall, so when my sister braked to avoid the ladder, we ended up skidding straight across 4 or 5 lanes of traffic, and hit the guardrail head-on, leaving us perpendicular to oncoming traffic. A much newer, smaller car couldn't stop in time and hit us pretty hard, right in the passenger side door. Had I been wearing my seatbelt, I would have been strapped TO that door, but as there were three of us in the front seat, I ended up just bouncing into the lap of the girl in the middle. The worst injury was my sister ended up with a gash on her knee from where it hit the CB radio mount under the dash.
And much to, I think, the policemen's bemusement, my life-size Raggedy Ann doll and pumpkin rode in the cruiser with us, as they got us off the highway. Neither of them were injured either.
I feel weird riding/driving in a car without a seat belt. It is totally habit to put it on.
99% of the time. the only time I take it off is when traveling long distances in the middle of nowhere. I live in the praries..its flat, no hills no mountins, no cliffs, no tree's and hardly another car in sight, only then will I take my seatbelt off to sleep, and I put it back on as soon as I wake up, I cant sleep in a seatbelt lol
I always wear one, even if I'm just driving a block away.
Thanks for clearing that up Joyce! I was having a hard time understanding why he was going Northbound on the Parkway. For some reason I thought the meeting with the girls was in Atlantic City. That's what happens when you only listen to a snippet of news here and a snippet there. :oQuote:
Originally Posted by Ginger's Mom
I always wear a seatbelt. I feel extremly akward if I am not wearing it.
I don't even realize I put the seat belt on anymore. Its just a natural thing for me to do. I feel very awkward without one on.... as if I'm going to start levitating out of my seat or something! :p
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Originally Posted by 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.
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 :)
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.
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.
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Originally Posted by catnapper
Same here. :D I know what you mean. It really is a good habit to have.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cincy'sMom
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.