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Poll Question: Do you wear your safety harness in the car?
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    Posted: May 27 2008 at 20:54
Just curious. I started wearing mine in 1987 when the sister of a friend was thrown from a pickup truck during a roll over. The truck landed on her, killing her instantly, and if she had worn her seatbelt then she may have survived.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 27 2008 at 21:18
I starting wearing mine during my 'wild' college days when I loved to drag race.. one time I nearly hyrdoplaned off a bridge while foolishly losing badly to a  crotch rocket LOL ...  I started wearing one.. two weeks later... I put my  roomates Firebird into a tree at 85 mph (I thought the sign that said 15 mph curve was lying)  Walked away.. well into an ambulance to have a 6 inch gash in my head sown up thanks to  the windshield exploding on impact.

if you don't wear them.. wear them. The life you save.. will be your own.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 27 2008 at 22:12
Well it's the law here in Ontario, and has been for years.It's just automatic for me.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 27 2008 at 22:20
It's the law here in Missouri, too; but, doesn't mean everyone abides by it.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 27 2008 at 22:21
And I apologize...I thought I made this in the general polls section.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 27 2008 at 22:25
I grew up with wearing seat belts so it's always been second nature.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 27 2008 at 22:26
When I drive I do.
 
(Or when driving with people I dont trust Tongue)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 27 2008 at 22:31
All the time.
Not only am I not a fan of dying
I'm not a fan of tickets either.

I also plan on wearing ATGATT when I get my bike, but that's
another issue all together.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 28 2008 at 00:41
If you want or not, here you basically need to, and I do.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 28 2008 at 02:03
Originally posted by E-Dub E-Dub wrote:

It's the law here in Missouri, too; but, doesn't mean everyone abides by it.

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Well the law just began within the last 1.5 years in MO. Most are not used to it still, such as myself, but I try.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 28 2008 at 02:11
I always wear a seat belt, even though in Italy lots of people don't (you see, here it's considered cool to flout the rules, even at  the cost of your life...). Actually, I got used to it during my stays abroad, mainly in England, and then of course when I lived in Finland. Now it's second nature to me to always buckle up whenever I board a car (I don't drive myself).
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 28 2008 at 02:20
uh...yeah. why wouldn't you? ok, maybe not for backseat romping but for everything else, it's common sense.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 28 2008 at 02:26
Originally posted by stonebeard stonebeard wrote:

uh...yeah. why wouldn't you? ok, maybe not for backseat romping but for everything else, it's common sense.
But remember, some people like the kinky stuff.Wink
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 28 2008 at 02:39
I atarted wearing it in 1984 when I was returning home from a party with my best friend and our two girlfriends (who were sisters) when a drunk guy hitted the pílot door of my VW with an old Impala (luckily that night I was with antibiotics, so I didn't had a drink and could react).
 
I flew by the door and after me came my friend who was in the back seat behind the co-pilot  who was my GF (Don't ask me how because I know it defies physics LOL). I lost conciousness for a couple of seconds and  woke  in the pavement  just to see my car advancing towards us, I managed to pull my friend off the way of the car (he was drunk as a  raising),  before I lost conciousness again due to the pain in my right side.
 
I had 5 broken ribs, one of them almost touching my lung (luckily again, stoped less than one CM before the lung).
 
The doctor told me that if that broken rib would had gone one centimeter more, probably I would had died before reaching the hospital, so he just pull the rib to it's place (hurts a lot), gave some pain killers and that was all (Had top sleep seated for a week), my friend had a few scratches and our girlfriends were only scared.
 
That day I knew that  the next time probably wouldn't be so lucky, so started to use the seatbelt even to go to the next block.
 
Now it's the law in Perú and a lot of people have problems, but I'm so used, that I feel naked when not using it.
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 28 2008 at 02:44
Of course I do -- ever since they were put in cars.
 
Sorry, freedom of choice loving Americanos, but I think you have to be a total moron not to wear one  -- ditto a helmet on a motorcycle. Wacko
 
And make that a full-face helmet -- I've got stories.


Edited by Peter - May 28 2008 at 02:45
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 28 2008 at 02:52
I've been the law in Aus to wear one for quite a while, so yeah, I've always worn one.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 28 2008 at 03:45
Don't know why anyone wouldn't wear one.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 28 2008 at 09:21
Yes. Having taken the quick way out through the windscreen during a collision with a tree in my youth (no - I wasn't driving and the car had no seatbelts) suffering a broken nose, concussion and multiple lacerations (I was lucky, actually), having to take my A levels 2 days later (nearly cost me my place at Cambridge) and feeling crap for some time, I even put it on if I move the car 5m down the drive.

Besides, it's the law in the UK and you get points on your licence and a fine. Why would anyone NOT wear one? Are they keen to win a Darwin Award?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 28 2008 at 11:15
Yep - I used to be a bit lax about it but my wife whipped me into shape.  That it's the law and you'll get a stiff fine for not wearing one sort of makes this a no-brainer (aside from the obvious safety reasons).
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 28 2008 at 11:20
has anyone ever been pulled over JUST for not wearing them.. well then again.. none of us should be able to answer that ..right? LOL
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