Look at this Moron

Velenoso said:
I think most people on here, born before 1990 did not have car seats!
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We were taught the value of seatbelts though and that one should keep in mind safety in cars.

Also if my old man caught me crawling around the car, a bump would be the least of my concerns.
 
Fudzy said:
The latter though I find the comment quite hypocritical coming from you. Are you really somebody who shuns safety belts?
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Nope, and one of the main requirements of my new car was that I wanted air bags.

In the good old days, seat belts apparently did not enhance safety.
Hard to believe.
 
I always had booster seats for my 2 kids that were properly fitted on the back seat. Car would not even be started before they were strapped in. 18 years later and the 'kids' now strap themselves in when using my car...
 
killkom said:
But check this women out her kid is on the back board of the car while she is driving

I could not believe my eyes

Seriously have to arrest these people
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Her child, not your business.
 
noxibox said:
Her child, not your business.
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So if a parent leaves their kid in a car with the windows closed on a hot summer day you just walk on by because it's none of your business?
 
alf101 said:
Nope, and one of the main requirements of my new car was that I wanted air bags.

In the good old days, seat belts apparently did not enhance safety.
Hard to believe.
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Not jumping on you, just offering some more info):p

Air Bags are Good...BUT you should never rely on them alone!!! period
The system is called SRS (secondary restrain system) note the - secondary - bit here.

Why is that? Because the primary safety system in a car (even today) is the good old safety belt.
Air bags are triggered by electronics and electronics are not always reliable especially if someone has tampered with them. Trust me. I've seen a lot of horror stories where people do that for the sake of making money.:sick:
Most of us assume that if no warning lights are lit on the dash, all is ok. It is NOT so!

One word of advise for car buyers: have the car checked by the dealer before you buy it. Just ask them for full diagnostic report. Yes it costs some money, but it might save you much more in the long run.

I also have a friend who had a head on collision with his brand new renault @ 60km/H...and the air bag didn't even flinched. It simply didn't deploy! If it wasn't for the seat belt he would have been long gone now. Ok he had couple of cracked ribs and bruises on his chest, but that was all. R60000 repairs later and car checked by renault proved there's "nothing wrong" with the SRS system.

Buckle Up!
 
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TestMate said:
Not jumping on you, just offering some more info):p

Air Bags are Good...BUT you should never rely on them alone!!! period
The system is called SRS (secondary restrain system) note the - secondary - bit here.

Why is that? Because the primary safety system in a car (even today) is the good old safety belt.
Air bags are triggered by electronics and electronics are not always reliable especially if someone has tampered with them. Trust me. I've seen a lot of horror stories where people do that for the sake of making money.:sick:
Most of us assume that if no warning lights are lit on the dash, all is ok. It is NOT so!

One word of advise for car buyers: have the car checked by the dealer before you buy it. Just ask hem for full diagnostic report. Yes it costs some money, but it might save you much more in the long run.

I also have a friend who had a head on collision with his brand new renault @ 60km/H...and the air bag didn't even flinched. It simply didn't deploy! If it wasn't for the seat belt he would have been long gone now. Ok he had couple of cracked ribs and bruises on his chest, but that was all. R60000 repairs later and car checked by renault proved there's "nothing wrong" with the SRS system.

Buckle Up!
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You can also check yourself.
My car...
http://www.iihs.org/ratings/rating.aspx?id=1065
http://www.euroncap.com/results/suzuki/sx4.aspx
 
What gets to me is how selfish some drivers are. They will be concerned enough about their own safety to strap in, but they don't care enough about their children's safety to strap them in.

I still carry the scar (25 years later) of not being strapped in, and I will never allow my children to drive not being strapped in. It's a simple, primary safety mechanism and a legal requirement.
 
alf101 said:
You can also check yourself.
My car...
http://www.iihs.org/ratings/rating.aspx?id=1065
http://www.euroncap.com/results/suzuki/sx4.aspx
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Ya, it's good to know the manufacturers official results... although you can never be sure, as was the case with my friend.

But, I was talking more about buying an used vehicle.
Then the above results doesn't count for much...especially if the car has been worked on by some of today's so called specialists. (i.e. you don't quite know what accident the car was involved in and most importantly how good was the repair after that to bring it back to manufacturer specs)

Checking the operation and availability of a seat belt should be in everyone grasp though.
 
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