Why do people drive with their seatsbelts behind their seats?

[Rouxenator]

Saying you should drive without safety systems because it will make you feel more vulnerable and therefor force you to reduce the risks you take is complete and utter sullbhit!

I regularly observe this on mountain bike races. Here you have no safety systems apart from the helmet that you are forced to wear. What I regularly see is that younger male riders will often ride at high speed on challenging bits of track, especially single track and downhill segments. Older men and most female riders on the other hand will negotiate these sections at much lower speeds and often get off their bikes and push it.

What this observation illustrates is that when you take safety systems out of the picture some people will still take risks based on what they are comfortable with.

In other words there is no valid reason to deprive yourself of any form or protection.

[ponder]

Seatbelt alarms can be turned off. People obviously don't know this.

[Fudzy]

IIRC, half of all road fatalities could be avoided by wearing a safety belt. You're clutching at straws finding those rare cases where it helped to be unbuckled.

[Slootvreter]

Sorry, but I think you are dating a beauty pageant winner there called Information. As in, Miss Information.

You do realise that the SRS they common prefix to the work Airbag stands for Supplementary Restraint System. In other words it is a Supplement to a Primary Restraint System, or seatbelt as we know it.

You are wrong. About a year ago when I totalled my car, mine deployed without me wearing a seatbelt.

[Fazda]

You are wrong. About a year ago when I totalled my car, mine deployed without me wearing a seatbelt.

Have the Darwin Awards guys contacted you yet? You must be on their radar as a good candidate...

[Rouxenator]

You are wrong. About a year ago when I totalled my car, mine deployed without me wearing a seatbelt.

Noted.

What I meant with SRS is that sure it will deploy regardless, but you really should be wearing your seatbelt or risk spinal and other injuries.

[web]

Have the Darwin Awards guys contacted you yet? You must be on their radar as a good candidate...

every so often everyone does something really stupid, the trick is to try and learn from our mistakes...

[bullfrog]

I live with these Cretins every day

Live and let live

hehe.

If they choose to put themselves at more risk, who are we to stop them. If you're driving with me though, seatbelt or walking, your choice. I prefer not having projectiles sitting behind me putting me at risk in an accident.

[Fazda]

Live and let live

hehe.

If they choose to put themselves at more risk, who are we to stop them. If you're driving with me though, seatbelt or walking, your choice. I prefer not having projectiles sitting behind me putting me at risk in an accident.

I fully agree with you, it just pisses me off having to argue with these idiots on a daily basis.

[isie]

Well the paramedics said she would have been decapitated had she had her seatbelt on, so obviously you can't try it again...



Safety is a false security.

its just interesting how we don't allow people to do "risky" things since they may "die" but in the end people have been doing risky things all through time and yet more have lived than died.

that would be a case for example where something headed through the windscreen or she driving into the back of a truck trailer and instead of her fliyng forward due to impacct, she slid down. So no its not perfect, but it is the least you can do.

and as for flase sense of security, having a seatbelt on doesnt mean you can drive recklessly.
Also most safety features in a car revolve around the fact that a seatbelt must be worn. an example you dont have a belt on and airbag deploys, the airbag pushes you out the car

[ToxicBunny]

I fully agree with you, it just pisses me off having to argue with these idiots on a daily basis.

Your drivers?

Surely you should make it mandatory that they wear a seatbelt, and its a written warning if they are caught without one?

[Mike Hoxbig]

Probably a Stellenbosch thing. Can't say that I've seen this.

[D3x]

Well booster seats are blooming expensive, i don't know if you have noticed?

Wow, this is a rather sad thing to say indeed. I would rather sell my car & drive something less "flashy" if I need to, in order to afford a booster seat. Priorities mate, priorities.

[Rouxenator]

Probably a Stellenbosch thing. Can't say that I've seen this.

I saw a few here in Stellies but the most I have seen was on the West Coast in Vredenburg and even Veldrift.

[isie]

Well booster seats are blooming expensive,

Really can get a decent one for less then 500 bucks, and what is cost when it comes to your childs safety?