not saying it isn't a dumb choice, but it is still my choice to make. want to hear something even dumber I rode my bike all the time before I sold it wearing no helmet, but that is legal here.

 

Well I met a fella today that didn't wear his seatbelt, young man, you should see the scar across his face from hitting the windshield, not a pretty site and too my sister would be alive TODAY if she had worn her seatbelt!!!! No one rides with me, without it, they have a problem with that... walk!!!

Deb

 

SideZ did it once.

 

ALWAYS!! ALWAYS!!!

 

I always, always buckle up. And it has saved me much pain and suffering and perhaps even my life. For that matter, my oldest brother would be dead if it wasn't for his seat belt and airbags. Hold it, I forgot about my younger brother. He's still alive thanks to a seat belt. My other younger brother too! Just do it. All the incidents were "the other persons fault" but dead is dead no matter who caused it.

Les

 

Rest in Peace

 

even if you do not want to wear your seat belt the crossfire's annoying dinging ensures you will wear it lol.

 

Always wear my belt, my cousin was killed at the age of 19 for not wearing his, tragic waste!

Also, doesnt matter how good a driver someone is, as pointed out, it's the other guy you have to watch for!

 

ok you guys are persistant I will make it a point to start wearing my seatbelt, between that and the fact that I quit smoking last week it'll kill me, ah the irony

 

I served over 20 years as a volunteer EMT on a rescue unit. We were responisible for about 25 miles of I-80 in Eastern Nebraska. We would typically get 3-5 calls each month for accidents on I-80. I automatically fasten my seatbelt before the engine starts. I've never hear the noise. A special response to getting thrown from the burning wreck. In the hundreds of crashes from which I have extraced injurred, dead, and broken bodies I have yet to see one on fire from the crash. It mainly happens in the movies. Your chance of dying in a burning, exploding wreck are very small. Your chance of dying being thrown out is very great. My sermon for today.

 

Grats on your quitting......Hope it works out for ya! I am wit ya...have been alcohol free for 3weeks now...only temp though. I usually go off for a couple of months at a time. Doing a Cut Diet right now and no no for the Capt Morgan.

 

AMEN.




Glad to hear you're change of heart, seatbelts do in fact save lives. Keep us updated on how breaking the habits are going... I know there is probably more than a few people on here who have kicked smoking. We're always here to help if you need it.

 

Whew! I feel like I (we) have done our good deed for the week!

Thanks for all of the support Team Crossfire for getting this all to "click" for a valued member!

 

I always put on my seatbelt, even moving the car on the driveway I have automatically put it on at times.
I was T-boned in my old '73 Mustang and my only damage was bruising from the shoulder belt, the car succumbed to its injuries. The first question the investigating officer asked `were you wearing your seat belt'
We have had a rash of teens being killed in crashes lately, street racing, driving to fast. All of the dead were thrown from the car, no fires, no seat belts, no chance.

 

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Many many moons ago my mom cut out a response from an advice column (either Dear Abby or Ann Landers) where there was a quote from an emergency responder who said that he never had to remove the seat belt from a dead person...somehow that stuck.

Perhaps it's just me, but I feel more secure when I wear a seat belt.

And for me, a seat belt saved my life. I was heading up through PA from VA in my 1986 Nissan 300ZX (which I had purchased less than a week before( when my sleeve got snagged in my stick shift as I tried to change radio stations. I lost control of the car when it swiped against the jersey wall on the left side. I over-corrected to the right and then back straight to the jersey wall, and my car fishtailed and somehow ended up skidding UP ON THE WALL until the front tires ripped off and what was left of my car ended up in the middle lane facing on-coming traffic.

My car was totalled, I was hyperventilating (too panicked to even scream), yet I walked away with a slight bruise on my collarbone. EVERYTHING that was in the hatch of the car...luggage, my laptop, etc, flew past me to crash through the windshield and ended up on the roadway over the jersey wall. Had I not been buckled up, I too would have ended up scattered across that road.

(***shuddering***)

Wearing a seatbelt is not, to me at least, a way for government to poke its nose in my business, as I doubt that 'government' even knows who I am. No one seems to question placing a baby in a carseat, or even a pet in a pet carrier while traveling...I like to drive, and have never considered a seatbelt to be any kind of infringement at all.

 

Always wear my seat belt! It's just a good idea that takes zip amount of time to do.
Not to mention it's mandatory in WI.

 

eggxactly right

 

another one who didn't like to wear his seatbelt.

 

With all due respect it's not you getting hurt that concerns, but that your body would damage the interior of the Crossfire upon impact and further reduce the number of them.
Of course we wear ours in all the cars, life is short and when it's time to go you will, but I am all for stacking the deck in my favor or at least deluding my self that I am. Put it on and make someone who loves you happy.