Wear your effin' seat belt !!

[vorlon13]

Apparently this is real.  I realize someone died, but JFC, it sure is funny.

[Chad32]

My mother is against wearing seatbelts because she was in a crash once where if she hadn't been thrown into the back seat, her legs would have been crushed.

I was in a crash once where if I hadn't worn my seatbelt, I would have gone through the windshield. Though part of the reason I wear mine is that I drove rather rough when I was learning to drive.

There are still people alive who remember when cars didn't have belts., and these people don't care as much about that particular safety feature. I think this is part of the reason why we see people driving without their belts, though another part of it is if you try to hammer something in a kid's head, the kid will rebel against it just because. Nobody in their twenties and thirties has ever seen an ad that encourages you to smoke, unless you went and looked for one, yet you still see young people smoking.

[Losty]

I missed the funny part...

[Mermaid]

My mother is against wearing seatbelts because she was in a crash once where if she hadn't been thrown into the back seat, her legs would have been crushed.

I was in a crash once where if I hadn't worn my seatbelt, I would have gone through the windshield. Though part of the reason I wear mine is that I drove rather rough when I was learning to drive.

There are still people alive who remember when cars didn't have belts., and these people don't care as much about that particular safety feature. I think this is part of the reason why we see people driving without their belts, though another part of it is if you try to hammer something in a kid's head, the kid will rebel against it just because. Nobody in their twenties and thirties has ever seen an ad that encourages you to smoke, unless you went and looked for one, yet you still see young people smoking.

I got the same story from my parents about seat belts. When I got my first car I got into the habit and I am glad I did. 5 years ago I was in a rollover accident that I walked away from. I almost certainly would have been killed if I hadn't been wearing my seatbelt. I broke the driver's side window with my head and would have been thrown out and crushed if I hadn't been strapped in.

I can't say I'd have ended up 40 feet above the road on a freeway sign though. I have to wonder how the physics of that worked.

[Losty]

My mother is against wearing seatbelts because she was in a crash once where if she hadn't been thrown into the back seat, her legs would have been crushed.

I was in a crash once where if I hadn't worn my seatbelt, I would have gone through the windshield. Though part of the reason I wear mine is that I drove rather rough when I was learning to drive.

There are still people alive who remember when cars didn't have belts., and these people don't care as much about that particular safety feature. I think this is part of the reason why we see people driving without their belts, though another part of it is if you try to hammer something in a kid's head, the kid will rebel against it just because. Nobody in their twenties and thirties has ever seen an ad that encourages you to smoke, unless you went and looked for one, yet you still see young people smoking.

When I was a kid, our car was hit by a semi truck while we were stopped at a red light. My older sister had just asked my mom if she could take her seatbelt off but she obviously said no. My sister secretly took off her seatbelt anyways. When the truck hit her side she was thrown to the floor and her seat was completely crushed. It's one of the few things I agree with my mother on. She told my sister that she was really lucky and if she ever took her seatbelt off when the car was running again she probably wouldn't be so lucky. I never understand people who think that surviving an accident because you didn't have your seatbelt on means you shouldn't wear a seatbelt.

[Chad32]

In most cases it's better to wear one, but nothing is foolproof.

[abaris]

Didn't really spot what to look at and what's supposed to be funny about this picture, but ever since 1983 I wear my seatbelt every time. Would have gone through the windshield, if for some reason I hadn't donned it that time. Which absolutely wasn't my habit, since my car, being an early 70ies model, wasn't equipped with flexibel belts.

[SteelCurtain]

Well, there's no chance I won't put mine on.

My Subaru literally beeps at me nonstop if I go more than 10 mph without the seatbelt on.

Also, if Tanner is in the front seat, it will beep at me if the seatbelt isn't connected.

And it is not a nice beep.

[Thumpalumpacus]

I buckle up every time.

The first fatality accident I worked as an Air Force firefighter, the driver wasn't buckled in, and hit a concrete divider at 50 or 60 mph.

That decided me. I buckle up every time.

[Minimalist]

I rarely wear them.  I was hit 40 years ago by a car going through a red light.  He clipped the front of my car and bent the frame at a 30 degree angle.  My head hit the side panel and I was stunned.  I had a sensation of the car spinning in slow motion but witnesses said it took five minutes for the cops to arrive and get me out of the car.  Had there been a fire I would have been toast.