Seatbelts

[richteen92]

How do you feel about the seat belt laws?

I feel its good because seat belts save lives and many people don't buckle up, and they refuse to and then they wind up getting into fatal accidents

[Kearney23]

I only agree with the laws that require minors to wear them. As a legal adult, it should be a choice. Not wearing a seatbelt is not putting anyone else at risk, and should not be a part of our lives that the government controls. Sure they sas, but they shouldn't be required. It's ironic they require seatbelts but not helmets on motorcycles. ve live

[andysexypants]

laws should stay like they are. it protects everyone inside the car.

[LaDoleurExquise--]

Have you ever seen a car flipping? I don't remember what the program was called, but in high school, I saw what happens inside a car as it flips. If one person is buckled and the other is not, there's a very likely chance that the person buckled could actually be hurt by the person not buckled. Therefore yeah, putting someone else's life in danger even when they were trying to be safe.

I'm on Andy with it.

[andysexypants]

yeah the unbuckled person is basically a wrecking ball.
smacking heads can kill a person.

[Evlmstr]

Like the person above me said, other people not wearing a seat belt can become flying objects during a crash. Studies have shown that seat belt laws work in encouraging people to buckle up (including me...have seen too many people get pulled over multiple times for not wearing a seatbelt). So yeah, keep the laws.

[Adept]

KEEP YOUR GOVERNMENT HANDS OFF MY SEATBELTS

[I_Am_Once_Was]

Unbuckled seatbelt = human projectile flying through the windshield

[VivienTx]

Why is this even a discussion?

[hovla]

Seat belts laws are there for a reason and should stay. You are endangering yourself and others if you are not buckled up. Do they require back seat passenger to buckle up in states?

Anyway if censorship wasnt so huge regarding reports from accidents maybe more people would take safety measures.

[spiritualized]

I've literally seen what a seat belt can do first hand. Showed up to a call where this chick and her bf had been drinking and got into an argument, and he put his hand on the steering wheel and they flew off the side of the road. The car was upside down. The bf was not wearing a seat belt and was lying on the ground about 50 feet away from the vehicle, rib cage like mush, DOA. His girlfriend was wearing a seat belt, she was trapped inside the car, we got her out pretty easily by moving the seat back, and if I remember correctly aside from a few bruises/scratches she was completely unharmed (she may have had something wrong with her ankle or something but I can't remember).

So yeah, seat belts work.

[Kearney23]

I'm a paramedic. I've seen it all in regards to seat belt vs no seat belt and honestly, human heads hit seat belt or no seat belt. I've seen people wearing seat belts ejected and even killed by the seat belt. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. I personally have severe seat belt anxiety, and wearing a seat belt can damn near put me into a panic attack, hence my opinion.

[Schadenfreude-]

Seek professional help

[alexiswashere]

Last week marks the one year anniversary of my friend's death. She was leaving work with another girl I went to school with & they hit a tree. She was ejected from the car. Both girls died, but the driver (who was wearing a seatbelt) lived. She was beat up so bad they had to cremate her. If she was wearing her seatbelt, she would probably be here today, and we would be starting our senior year together. I'm all for seatbelt laws.

[tponn]

laws should stay like they are. it protects everyone inside the car.

where?

[BADGERguy1]

My friend told me its more dangerous t drive without a seatbelt then to drive drunk

[Josh_froggy]

Just buckle up guys.

[tponn]

My friend told me its more dangerous t drive without a seatbelt then to drive drunk

lol

[hovla]

My friend told me its more dangerous t drive without a seatbelt then to drive drunk

thats like comparing apples and oranges.

Driving drunk increases chance you will crash. Not wearing seat belt increases chance you will die if you crash, not event of crash itself.

[ricochetx]

it's annoying but necessary to enforce seatbelt laws. it was only this year in february that taiwan started having seatbelt laws and i can't say i'm pleased but i think it's a good thing in general.