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chopper 
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 Posted: May 28 2008 at 11:27 |
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Seems a no-brainer, but judging by the number of people I still see talking on a mobile whilst driving (and even pulling away from a parking space, how dumb is that?), there are probably some who don't.
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Padraic
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Posted: May 28 2008 at 11:31 |
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has anyone ever been pulled over JUST for not wearing them.. well then again.. none of us should be able to answer that ..right? 
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different laws abound, but if I recall in this state you can't be pulled over for that reason alone - although if they pull you over for something else and you don't have it on, you get dinged.
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micky
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Posted: May 28 2008 at 11:40 |
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^ I thought that was that was the case .. and least in many places.
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rushfan4
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Posted: May 28 2008 at 11:57 |
That definitely used to be the case. At least here in Michigan, they have been running non-stop commercials on TV that the police are cracking down on people not wearing their seatbelts, and that they are pulling people over for not wearing them. As a matter of fact, when I was driving to work one day last week they actual had signs up that said that I was in a seatbelt enforcement zone.
I thought that these were national commercials too, since I generally see them during sporting events, but I'm not sure whether or not this is just Michigan that changed their law or if it is some sort of national change.
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rushfan4
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Posted: May 28 2008 at 11:59 |
From the state of Michigan website:
Michigan's safety belt law allows police officers to stop a motorist solely for not wearing a safety belt in the front seat of a vehicle. The law also allows police officers to stop a motorist if a child age 4 through 15 is not properly restrained, no matter where they are riding in a vehicle. The law also requires all children under the age of 4 to be properly restrained in an approved child safety seat.
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Queen By-Tor
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Posted: May 28 2008 at 12:33 |
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"Click it or ticket" anyone else have those warnings posted all over billboards on the highway? I wear mine
anyways, just because it's quick and easy so why not. But yeah, I don't feel like getting any kind of ticket or
being unfortunate enough to get into a crash while not wearing one.
But hey, my car is about as protective as a tin can so if I get in the crash I'm not sure how well I'll come out anyways.
Hooray for early 80s German-mobiles! But hey, it still runs!
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E-Dub
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Posted: May 28 2008 at 12:51 |
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I guess what spawned this thread was a story that I saw on the news where a man was pulled over specifically for not wearing a seat belt. He puts it on while getting his ticket, pulls away and a couple of minutes later is plowed into at an intersection and lived. He was being interviewed by the policeman and declared him to be his "guardian angel". My question was why anyone would not leave without their seatbelt on. For me, it's second nature.
Good to see the majority so in favor of it.
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Atkingani
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Posted: May 28 2008 at 13:02 |
It's a federal road law here in Brazil since 1984 but I started using the belts even before, when it was only a rule in my state. I feel myself naked if not using them when inside a car.
Edited by Atkingani - May 28 2008 at 13:04
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: May 28 2008 at 16:33 |
Wouldn't you know here in Georgia you don't have to wear one in a pickup truck if you're an adult. Some nonsense about not wanting to inconvience farmers out in rural areas has been used to justify it. Another dumb Georgia law. No Sunday sales of alcohol except in bars and restaurants. The governer here (Skummy Perdue) likened allowing us to vote on that akin to allowing us to vote on prostitution. Ok fine, then can we have prostitution the other six days of the week? The only good argument against seatbelt laws is how we gonna thin out dumb ones from the herd? And by the way: 
Edited by Slartibartfast - May 28 2008 at 18:53
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Chris H
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Posted: May 28 2008 at 22:25 |
Racer's instinct says when you get in the car, you pull on the darn seatbelt until you can't move your torso. Yeah, that's a little over the top for just a street car, but when I do get a car I will probably put a 5 point harness in at some point, just beause it's second nature to me to be strapped in tightly.
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stonebeard
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Posted: May 28 2008 at 22:28 |
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I've always wondered how one gets pulled over for not wearing a seatbelt. There's no way that a policeman can see whether it's on or not at night, and if he just so happens to pull you over for any reason, put it on. It takes half a second. At daytime, the same applies except it might be a tad easier for the officer to distinguish whether yer wearing one or not, but only if traveling behind you and looking for it or stopped at an intersection and looking for it.
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: May 28 2008 at 23:49 |
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I have worn one ever since almost dying in a head-on collision when I was younger.My car doesn't budge unless everyone else in it is buckled up too,no exceptions.
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Jim Garten
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Posted: May 30 2008 at 07:46 |
BroSpence wrote:
Don't know why anyone wouldn't wear one. |
Never under-estimate the power of stupidity.
TheProgtologist wrote:
My car doesn't budge unless everyone else in it is buckled up too,no exceptions. |
Ditto!
There are those who say it's their choice whether to put themselves in harms way (not wearing seat belts, not wearing crash helmets) & with those people I agree 100%. However, I also say that if you don't wear such protection, don't expect the ambulance service to assist in any way whatsoever, or for the health service to pay for your stupidity when you're scraped off the road somewhere. 
Edited by Jim Garten - May 30 2008 at 07:47
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Posted: May 30 2008 at 08:44 |
Slartibartfast wrote:
Wouldn't you know here in Georgia you don't have to wear one in a pickup truck if you're an adult.Some nonsense about not wanting to inconvience farmers out in rural areas has been used to justify it.Another dumb Georgia law. No Sunday sales of alcohol except in bars and restaurants. The governer here (Skummy Perdue) likened allowing us to vote on that akin to allowing us to vote on prostitution. Ok fine, then can we have prostitution the other six days of the week?The only good argument against seatbelt laws is how we gonna thin out dumb ones from the herd?And by the way:
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I know what you're talking about, dude. I live in Atlanta, and all over the place is idiotic laws that are excessively enforced. The alcohol law you pointed out is one of those laws. Seriously, what's the point of not selling alcohol on Sundays? It doesn't make much sense to me. I liked what you said about prostitution. It looks like I'm not the only one with the same opinion...
I liked what you said about Sonny Perdue (Skummy Perdue ). He's probably a nice guy, but he's a terrible governor. When your governor holds a prayer vigil during a really really bad statewide drought instead of actually figuring out how to make it better, then maybe that's a sign that he shouldn't be governor. I wondered why people even voted him in in the first place...
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Blacksword
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Posted: May 30 2008 at 10:17 |
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Of course, as a driver and a passenger. 'Clunk Click every trip' as the seatbelt campaign slogan used to go, in the 70's, in Britain.
It's law here, for all passengers and drivers to wear them. The only exceptions, I believe, are police officers and taxi drivers.
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crimhead
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Posted: May 30 2008 at 14:59 |
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It's just habit now to do so. I always wear one and don't really consider it a problem
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Moogtron III
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Posted: May 30 2008 at 15:02 |
Jim Garten wrote:
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TheProgtologist wrote:
My car doesn't budge unless everyone else in it is buckled up too,no exceptions. |
Ditto! There are those who say it's their choice whether to put themselves in harms way (not wearing seat belts, not wearing crash helmets) & with those people I agree 100%. However, I also say that if you don't wear such protection, don't expect the ambulance service to assist in any way whatsoever, or for the health service to pay for your stupidity when you're scraped off the road somewhere. |
Tritto! 
I wait patiently before everyone is buckled up. Before that, I take a back seat. Not literally of course  |
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: May 30 2008 at 19:27 |
spookytooth wrote:
I wondered why people even voted him in in the first place... |
Do not wonder why, down that path lies insanity!
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