View Poll Results: Do you, dont you?
Yes, always and my passengers as well
73
84.88%
Yes, i do but i do not insist my passengers do
5
5.81%
Sometimes wear mine, insist my passengers do
1
1.16%
Sometimes wear mine, not fussed if passengers do
3
3.49%
Never wear mine, do not care what passengers do
3
3.49%
Never wear mine, insist passengers do
1
1.16%
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Seatbelts - Do you, don't you?
01 March 2007, 09:07 AM
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Seatbelts - Do you, don't you?
Driving in to work today on a d/carriageway. Pulled up into slow/stationary traffic and looking around (as you do). Car next to me has four occupants.
One female adult driver and three school age kids.
Not one of the kids had a seatbelt on only the adult driver.
What is wrong with people? If the drive/adult does not have control enough over the kids or feel it is important then they need a slap or help!
Now then do you wear yours and do you make your passengers?
One female adult driver and three school age kids.
Not one of the kids had a seatbelt on only the adult driver.
What is wrong with people? If the drive/adult does not have control enough over the kids or feel it is important then they need a slap or help!
Now then do you wear yours and do you make your passengers?
01 March 2007, 09:21 AM
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This should be a no brainer poll - Paul I hope what you saw is an exeption to the rule, unless of course excluding cab drivers!
01 March 2007, 09:32 AM
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But if you asked the driver "Do you love your kids" they would say "yes". Clearly they dont.
Wearing a seatbelt saved my life and my when I was 5. My little brother and mum were saved also. Our Vauxhall Chevette skidded on diesel at 60mph and hit a stone wall at the side of a bypass in Cheshire. We ended up on the tele show "Play It Safe" with Sir Jimmy Saville as a result of wearing the belts.
'Ow's about that then?
Wearing a seatbelt saved my life and my when I was 5. My little brother and mum were saved also. Our Vauxhall Chevette skidded on diesel at 60mph and hit a stone wall at the side of a bypass in Cheshire. We ended up on the tele show "Play It Safe" with Sir Jimmy Saville as a result of wearing the belts.
'Ow's about that then?
01 March 2007, 09:39 AM
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Wear Your Seat Belt!
I didn't used to insist on adult passengers wearing their seatbelt, on the basis that it was their own health and life they were risking. Now I give people a choice - Wear your seatbelt or walk
I didn't used to insist on adult passengers wearing their seatbelt, on the basis that it was their own health and life they were risking. Now I give people a choice - Wear your seatbelt or walk
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Any adult not wearing or not insisting that their passengers wear a seat belt should be banned for life, simple as that. 
It's also amazing the number of people you see pulling out of car parks whilst on their mobile. I can sort of understand someone using their mobile on the motorway etc when they cannot stop but whilst pulling away in their car after being parked up!!!! gggrrrr
It's also amazing the number of people you see pulling out of car parks whilst on their mobile.
I can sort of understand someone using their mobile on the motorway etc when they cannot stop but whilst pulling away in their car after being parked up!!!! gggrrrr
01 March 2007, 09:46 AM
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i always wear a seat belt without fail and insist that passengers do too. still amazes me the number of people i see letting their kids crawl around on the parcel shelf! i always used to make our dog wear her harness as well - something people don't often seem to bother with.
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01 March 2007, 09:48 AM
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01 March 2007, 10:28 AM
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And the people who let their kids go beltless need a good kicking! 'Oh, but he just takes it off ' .... Sorry, but you lay down the law - not your kids!
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01 March 2007, 10:34 AM
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Insisting that kids wear seatbelts is of course entirely sensible and correct. However, I do not insist adults wear seatbelts. It is up to them if they want to go through the windscreen.
01 March 2007, 10:53 AM
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I don't think this point is made clear enough. It's why airbags are marked SRS - Supplementary Restraint System and not Primary - which is the seatbelt.
From an adult perspective I don't think there should be a law forcing people to wear them - it's common sense, rather like wearing a helmet when riding a bike. Natural selection and all that...
The number of people you see not wearing a seat belt never ceases to amaze me.
01 March 2007, 11:08 AM
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I insist that *everyone* in my car wears a seatbelt. At the end of the day as the driver you are responsible for the safty of those in your car.
And anyhow - like above - if they wanted to die horribly going through the screen then you'rer right; its kind of upto them - what I object to is them killing me, or the front passenger, on their little flight.
And anyhow - like above - if they wanted to die horribly going through the screen then you'rer right; its kind of upto them - what I object to is them killing me, or the front passenger, on their little flight.
01 March 2007, 11:11 AM
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However, you have no "official" responsibility for them wearing the seat belt - If you got stopped by the police it would be the passenger that had to cough up..
01 March 2007, 11:18 AM
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me and my sister got out of this alive thanks to seatbelts
we got hit by a pikey in a stolen sierra on the wrong side of the road
we got hit by a pikey in a stolen sierra on the wrong side of the road
01 March 2007, 11:35 AM
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Well i got out of this
thanks to the seatbelt. Kids always make sure they belt up. As i said adults not necessarily but we rarely have passengers and i have to say most people do belt up.
Had a bruised shoulder from the Supra smash, that was it.
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thanks to the seatbelt. Kids always make sure they belt up. As i said adults not necessarily but we rarely have passengers and i have to say most people do belt up.
Had a bruised shoulder from the Supra smash, that was it.
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01 March 2007, 11:39 AM
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01 March 2007, 01:04 PM
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01 March 2007, 01:12 PM
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always wear mine and as I have kids, I make them wear them as well..no arguements.
I have been know, on the odd occasion, when driving from home to the petrol station down the road, a matter of metres, not to
, but I usually feel so bad about doing it, that I buckle up 9/10 times for that trip.
loved the sketch from peter kaye about old people and how they just pull the belt over, but wont put it into the slot..just hold it across their chest
I have been know, on the odd occasion, when driving from home to the petrol station down the road, a matter of metres, not to
, but I usually feel so bad about doing it, that I buckle up 9/10 times for that trip.loved the sketch from peter kaye about old people and how they just pull the belt over, but wont put it into the slot..just hold it across their chest
01 March 2007, 01:22 PM
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Always wear a seatbelt and always ensure my passengers are doing so too, if they refuse to wear one then they are politley asked to get out the car.
If seatbelts didn't work then why are the fitted to all cars, and their use, at least for the driver, if not front seat passenger(s), is typically mandatory in most countries.
If seatbelts didn't work then why are the fitted to all cars, and their use, at least for the driver, if not front seat passenger(s), is typically mandatory in most countries.
01 March 2007, 01:54 PM
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