I had a classmate back in school who, not wearing a seatbelt, got thrown safely clear of a car that would have crushed him during the crumpling. he then took this as a sign that he should never wear one. Because if you've already had a one-in-a-hundred accident, you're so much more likely to have another one rather than the reglar kind that seatbelts help with. rolls eyes forever...
This here's a recipe for unpleasantness.
Mal ,'Objects In Space'
Natter Area 51: The Truthiness Is in Here
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 13, 2007 1:33:25 pm PDT #2476 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Lee - Apr 13, 2007 1:35:39 pm PDT #2477 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Why do Friday afternoons always last for 3 days?
What are people doing this weekend?
Allyson - Apr 13, 2007 1:38:36 pm PDT #2478 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I hate HATE wearing my seatbelt. Hate it. If it weren't a law, I wouldn't wear it at all. Other people's cars...they get to dictate the rules for the passengers they're hauling.
But I'm constantly irritated by the seat belt.
juliana - Apr 13, 2007 1:42:57 pm PDT #2479 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
My seatbelt saved my life when I rolled my car (2.5 rotations, whee!), and I still hate wearing them.
Motorcycles have no seatbelts! Yay imminent death & destruction!
Lee, I am working tonight. Tomorrow, I am finishing the installation of my stemware rack & rearranging my books, watching the Sabres beat the Islanders again, and then going for a ride with Motorcycle Boy (weather cooperating). Sunday, I am unplanned, but I'm sure there will be pre-DJ-visit cleaning.
What are you doing?
Maria - Apr 13, 2007 1:43:13 pm PDT #2480 of 10001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Lee, they last forever because we're mean to the other days of the week. Friday's just standing up for his compadres.
Weekend plans are in flux. I could be going to PA, or I could be hunkering down at home building the next ark, if the weather report stays as is.
But I'm constantly irritated by the seat belt.
Physically irritated? If your car doesn't have something to adjust the height of the seatbelt, there are products out there that can protect your neck from being rubbed raw. I'm five-two on a good day, and I've been fighting this since I started driving.
bon bon - Apr 13, 2007 1:53:49 pm PDT #2481 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Seatbelt saved my life too and my friends' lives in the same car accident. I hadn't given it much thought but think I would have gone over the overpass and onto the freeway below without it. I hope for Matt's friend's sake he doesn't have another accident, but he's got very strange notions regarding probability.
Theodosia - Apr 13, 2007 1:54:49 pm PDT #2482 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Yes -- look under "seatbelt extenders" which will rearrange the way the belt sits so that you're not wearing it across your neck!
It's not just the major accidents that seatbelts help during, but even minor fender-benders can end up with you leaving a big dent in the windshield, or whiplash, or some of your teeth knocked out on the dashboard. And those happen a whole lot more often than rollovers and flaming wrecks.
(FWIW, my cop-brothers have had to work more than one accident where the unbelted person was not only ejected from the wreck, but then the car landed on top of them.)
Laura - Apr 13, 2007 2:06:46 pm PDT #2483 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
Hugs seatbelt tight. People in my car wear seatbelts because I don't need people slamming into me. Seatbelts keep your face outta the windshield. This is a good thing.
A friend of mine (big burly jock) never wore a seatbelt. He's a doctor now and I noticed that he was wearing it the last time I saw him. I wonder if his time working ER cured him of the stupid habit.
They are uncomfortable, but so is being tossed out of the car. OK, obviously sore spot with me too. I'll stop.
Sean K - Apr 13, 2007 2:11:08 pm PDT #2484 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
so is being tossed out of the car.
Even just being tossed around inside the car is uncomfortable, and makes it difficult to try and retain what little control over the vehicle you have during a crash, you know with not being seated in front of the controls and all.
Theodosia - Apr 13, 2007 2:14:24 pm PDT #2485 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
This is one area where I'd vote so very much in favor of logic over emotion. Even if being belted in feels a bit choke-y, looking over the real odds, and the penalty for losing those odds being so high, it may be best to accept a little not-feeling-comfortable for being safer.