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Posted: 4/19/2014 3:42:03 AM EDT
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If you dont wear your seatbelt, you're a retard. /thread As a FF/MEDIC, this. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 4/19/2014 3:44:26 AM EDT
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Of course I do. Basic physics explains why you should.
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Posted: 4/19/2014 3:44:39 AM EDT
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Live Free or Die, right? Absolutely how it should be, though. There's enough evidence in the safety of wearing seatbelts that you're pretty much knowingly risking your life not wearing it. And hey...that's your choice, your life. I wear mine...I could give two shits if you do, though...your life, your risk. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Yes, but it shouldn't be required by law, and it is not in New Hampshire for adults. I think we're the only state that doesn't have adult seat belt laws. ETA: Or helmet laws for motorcycles, though there are other states as well that allow for no helmets. Live Free or Die, right? Absolutely how it should be, though. There's enough evidence in the safety of wearing seatbelts that you're pretty much knowingly risking your life not wearing it. And hey...that's your choice, your life. I wear mine...I could give two shits if you do, though...your life, your risk. Fuck if not wearing a seatbelt is illegal, then why do we let people ride motorcycles. Stupid law. My life, my decision. I've been thrown from 2 vehicles now and both of them would have killed me had I been wearing the belt. That said, I wear one in my Porsche just because it keeps me from sliding around. I made the dealer disable the annoying buzzer in my truck before I bought it though. |
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Posted: 4/19/2014 3:47:12 AM EDT
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Always wear it. Seen enough ejections. Worst was a partial ejection, was obviously a very beautiful woman, but as her head went through the windshield, it peeled her face off. She was sticking half through the windsheild and alert and crying... her nose, lips, cheeks, and part of her scalp were still stuck to the rough edges of the hole she made. Looked like a monster from a movie.
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Posted: 4/19/2014 3:49:47 AM EDT
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Absolutely. Every time in every vehicle. My dad installed seat belts in our 61 Bel Air and it didn't move till everyone had a seatbelt on. To this day I get in my car/truck/SUV, start it up and then put on my seat belt before I check the gauges and engage the transmission to move the car. I don't put it on to back out of the garage to wash it or to put it back in the garage. If I'm firing up one of the old Camaros to let it warm up and drive it up/down the road in front of the house I put the seat belt on even though I won't be doing over 25/30 mph.
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Posted: 4/19/2014 3:50:20 AM EDT
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Yes I wear it.
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Posted: 4/19/2014 3:51:56 AM EDT
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If you dont wear your seatbelt, you're a retard. /thread Or soon will be . . . right after your head meets the dashboard. |
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Posted: 4/19/2014 3:53:32 AM EDT
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Yeah. |
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Posted: 4/19/2014 3:54:13 AM EDT
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This happened yesterday due to improper wear of a seatbelt:
A Colorado Springs, Colo., woman died Friday afternoon after losing control of the SUV she was driving on U.S. 87 east of Raton and striking her head against the pavement as the vehicle rolled over.
Sharon Frank, 62, was pronounced dead at the scene following the accident that occurred about 2 p.m. 10 miles east of Raton. Investigators theorized Frank, the only person in the 2001 GMC Jimmy heading west, may have become confused as she entered a construction area and driven into the wrong lane of traffic in an area where construction cones direct traffic. According to state police, Frank swerved off the highway to the north, then overcorrected, bringing the SUV back across the highway and causing it to roll over one a half times, with it coming to rest on its roof in the median. Officers found Frank partially ejected from the vehicle with her upper body outside the driver’s side window. Her head had struck the pavement of the highway during the rollover, state police reported. The investigation showed she was wearing her seat belt improperly, with the lap belt in place, but the shoulder harness placed behind her back rather than across the front of her body. State police Sgt. Chris Blake described the spot of the accident as an area at which the construction markers for traffic direction can be confusing. “It’s a bad spot if you’re not paying attention,” he said. State police listed the cause of the accident as driver inattention. |
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Posted: 4/19/2014 3:55:13 AM EDT
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Or soon will be . . . right after your head meets the dashboard. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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If you dont wear your seatbelt, you're a retard. /thread Or soon will be . . . right after your head meets the dashboard. Damnit. This explains everything. I could be one wreck away from putting a vote for Hillary sign in my yard. |
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Posted: 4/19/2014 3:55:43 AM EDT
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If you dont wear your seatbelt, you're a retard. /thread |
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Posted: 4/19/2014 3:57:59 AM EDT
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Wear it all the time. Been in a few accidents. In one a woman in a Volkswagon Beetle came out of a side street and I t-boned her car. Her car then hit a parked car. This happened 40 ears ago and I can still see her little boy being propelled from the rear seat into the windshield like it was yesterday. Luckily he was merely shaken by the experience.
I figure that if you are not wearing a seat belt the insurance company should not have to pay for you medical bills unless you get an extra rider on the policy. Actions have consequences and you should be responsible for the results of your own decisions. |
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Posted: 4/19/2014 4:03:45 AM EDT
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My mom made me promise the day I first started driving that I would always wear my seat belt.
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Posted: 4/19/2014 4:03:51 AM EDT
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I always use my seatbelt in the front seats. Occasionally I don't in the back.
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Posted: 4/19/2014 4:04:31 AM EDT
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I've been in 13 car crashes. In 5 of them, the car was totaled. Two airbag deployments. Ever considered taking some driving lessons? 
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Posted: 4/19/2014 4:08:04 AM EDT
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It's such an ingrained habit for me it feels weird to sit in a car without one on. Even if I'm just pulling my car out of the car to the street to wash it, I'll put it on when I start it without even thinking about it.
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Posted: 4/19/2014 4:08:30 AM EDT
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If you dont wear your seatbelt, you're a retard. /thread Yep, and I've sent customers back to get their headrests from home, told them I will not test drive a car without the head rest. Its always women worried about messing up their hair. 
I'm guessing op has never been in a accident. |
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Posted: 4/19/2014 4:12:13 AM EDT
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I do.
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Posted: 4/19/2014 4:13:59 AM EDT
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I do, always.
A guy I used to work with, his wife was killed when she was ejected from her car during a wreck because she didn't have her damn seat belt on. If there's someone out there who cares for you and loves you, and/or you don't wanna die, wear your freaking seat belt. Please.
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Posted: 4/19/2014 4:16:08 AM EDT
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I always use my seatbelt in the front seats. Occasionally I don't in the back. What gets me is people who get in the back of a taxi cab and don't put a seat belt on. I can't tell you how many times I've seen people ride in cabs unrestrained. I'm like WTF, if I wear a seat belt while I'm driving, I'm sure as hell going to wear a seat belt when some guy who's only been in America three weeks is driving . . .
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Posted: 4/19/2014 4:25:21 AM EDT
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If the vehicle is moving, my seatbelt is on. My dad's brother was one to snicker at people who wore seatbelts - a year ago, he was t-boned by a dump truck, and the windshield of his truck sliced him in half from head to crotch. Buckle up.
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Posted: 4/19/2014 4:29:58 AM EDT
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Always. I'm pretty sure it's illegal not to...
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Posted: 4/19/2014 4:33:23 AM EDT
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Wear mine all the time while on the road.
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Posted: 4/19/2014 4:40:56 AM EDT
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The anti-seatbelt crowd is almost as dumb as the anti-vaccine crowd.
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Posted: 4/19/2014 4:53:51 AM EDT
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yes i do
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Posted: 4/19/2014 9:07:38 AM EDT
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Yep, and I've sent customers back to get their headrests from home, told them I will not test drive a car without the head rest. Its always women worried about messing up their hair.
I'm guessing op has never been in a accident. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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If you dont wear your seatbelt, you're a retard. /thread Yep, and I've sent customers back to get their headrests from home, told them I will not test drive a car without the head rest. Its always women worried about messing up their hair.
I'm guessing op has never been in a accident. i have before but only once, it was me when i was 17 (go figure right?) pulling out to a intersection i saw the one car on my right, i looked left and i thought the car on the right had passed me, i pulled out and he hit the side of my bumper and took the front of my car off im actually don't remember if i wore my seat belt or not, it was a relatively low speed collision, i just remember thinking "oh shit  my parents and going to kick my ass!!!!!"
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Posted: 4/19/2014 9:09:36 AM EDT
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i actually wore mine today, i figured ill just try to cope with it,
im going to try to make it a habit, i always knew i should wear it, but i never did, |
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Posted: 4/19/2014 9:13:58 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOw. Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow.
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Posted: 4/19/2014 9:15:43 AM EDT
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Always.
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The anti-seatbelt crowd is almost as dumb as the anti-vaccine crowd. |
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Posted: 4/19/2014 9:15:48 AM EDT
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Yes, I wear it most of the time. Guy A is a little extremist, but his point is 90% valid. Guy B is a jackass.
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Posted: 4/20/2014 6:22:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Ow. Quote HistoryOw, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow.  Seen it, both as an EMT and later observing autopsies, sort of. I don't think seatbelts should be mandatory or ticket-able, but you'd be a damn fool not to wear one. |
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Posted: 4/20/2014 6:25:00 PM EDT
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Always.
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Posted: 4/20/2014 6:26:50 PM EDT
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If you dont wear your seatbelt, you're a retard. /thread |
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Posted: 4/20/2014 6:28:14 PM EDT
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Every time the car moves, it's on. No ifs, ands, or buts.
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Posted: 4/20/2014 6:28:18 PM EDT
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Needs more poll
And sometimes....maybe 40-60%of the time
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Posted: 4/20/2014 6:30:24 PM EDT
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I don't go anywhere without a seatbelt on.
Plus, it's the law and stuff... |
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Posted: 4/20/2014 6:37:22 PM EDT
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Why aren't there seat belts in school buses?
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Posted: 4/20/2014 6:40:09 PM EDT
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In my 67 it's not an option. All others yes! ETA for pic http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n619/Ordo6502/0726120954.jpg i added them in my 68 
Because I would be DRT as fuck in my 70 without them 
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Posted: 4/20/2014 6:40:21 PM EDT
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100 percent of the time I'm in a moving vehicle.
It's automatic, I don't think about it, and sure as hell won't gamble my life on the stupid and very unlikely chance that I might get into one of the VERY rare accidents where wearing a seat belt does more harm than good. I play the odds as they actually are. So I wear a seatbelt as it's good for you in MOST crash scenarios. I know a couple of people who refuse to wear seat belts specifically because they know of crashes where wearing a seat belt made things worse. I have quite a few words to describe people who think that way. MORON is the kindest of them. |
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Posted: 4/20/2014 6:45:08 PM EDT
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Seat belts impede my ability to hit the shift key.
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Posted: 4/20/2014 6:45:51 PM EDT
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If you dont wear your seatbelt, you're a retard. /thread |
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Posted: 4/20/2014 6:45:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I don't wear one. Buddy of mine flipped a truck that caught on fire and he couldn't get out because the seat belt had him trapped, and he died. I understand that they save people more often than not, but I drive a 3/4 ton pick up, so unless I hit a semi-truck the majority of cars on the road aren't an immediate threat to me. If I drove a smaller vehicle I would probably be more inclined to wear a seat belt. Definitely shouldn't be a law though, if I want to gamble with my life so be it, the state isn't here to save us from ourselves. It took them almost an hour to get me out and I walked away with only a scratch tho I did take an eventual ambulance ride to the hospital as a precaution and got a cat scan. Short answer. Yes I wear my seat belt. |
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Posted: 4/20/2014 6:47:41 PM EDT
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I used to use them 95% of the time. My commute is 3 miles on side streats with a top speed limit of 30mph. I didn't see the risk or the point. That ended last year when I got hit in an intersection by a car that turned left in front of me when I was going strait through a green light. I got knocked out briefly because my head hit the post between the side windows.
That was lesson enough for me. Now it's 100% of the time. |
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Posted: 4/20/2014 6:47:48 PM EDT
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Seat belts impede my ability to hit the shift key. But you can tuck the neck of the bud light bottle under to prevent spillage |
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Posted: 4/20/2014 6:51:34 PM EDT
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Few years ago I remember an air force safety briefing on seatbelts. Seems they did more harm than good in certain cases when not worn properly. Turns out... the urban youth liked to drive like a gangster, with their seats reclined do the seatbelt was not touching them (still in front of em though) and in a head on collision, they would fly forward and puncture lungs with their now broken ribs from the sudden stop of hitting the seatbelt.
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Posted: 4/20/2014 6:54:16 PM EDT
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Only when I drive nekid. |
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Posted: 4/20/2014 6:55:23 PM EDT
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Why is this even a question?
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Posted: 4/20/2014 6:55:34 PM EDT
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Nanny state bullshit laws I rolled my pickup in 1985, blew a brand new right front tire on a left curve. The roll over was a violent ride, side over side and finished with a end over end. The roof was level with the hood and the box and I wasn't wearing a seatbelt The first trooper on the scene said if I would have had a seatbelt on I would have been a dead man Before I forget, Fuck Firestone, those tires hadn't been on my pickup for 2 hours when the sidewall let loose |
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Posted: 4/20/2014 6:55:45 PM EDT
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Only when I drive nekid. So, all the time then... |
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Posted: 4/20/2014 6:56:31 PM EDT
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I don't wear one. Buddy of mine flipped a truck that caught on fire and he couldn't get out because the seat belt had him trapped, and he died. I understand that they save people more often than not, but I drive a 3/4 ton pick up, so unless I hit a semi-truck the majority of cars on the road aren't an immediate threat to me. If I drove a smaller vehicle I would probably be more inclined to wear a seat belt. Definitely shouldn't be a law though, if I want to gamble with my life so be it, the state isn't here to save us from ourselves. I'd say keeping you in the vehicle as opposed to having you thrown and land where other vehicles could swerve and wreck is a good enough reason to have a law. |
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