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I had someone once put their seatbelt on when I asked, and then took it off again once I was moving. So I pulled over and said to put it back on, and keep it on, or get ready for a long walk.
The audacity of some people.
I have sat for nearly 10 minutes while the unbelted person fumed mostly silently
You get one chance to put it on before I pull the car over and put it in park. In this case I turned the car off, pulled out my headphones, and started watching Lord of the Rings on my phone.
The best driver in the world can still get T-boned at an intersection or rear ended at a stop sign. I’m the one driving, you will abide by my safety rules. Take your own vehicle or ride the bus if you don’t want a seat belt.
People really need to watch some crash videos with people without a seatbelt, you become a fucking projectile, I have seen one where two women are sitting in the back one without a belt and she slams really fucking hard into the other one that had a seatbelt, as in you can hear the head on head on contact.
For frontal crashes if someone is sitting behind you without a seat belt, they will literally crush you to death above a certain speed.
Man, you can do that at 5 MPH and get a similar reaction. A few thousand pounds of car moving at 5MPH carries way more momentum than people realize.
Edit: 5 MPH is a brisk walk. If you’ve run into a lamppost or a tree during a brisk walk, then you should understand what I mean.
The weight of the car has no impact (excuse the pun) on the momentum of its passengers.
My car does not move until all passengers have their seatbelt securely fastened. Gotta problem? You can fuckin’ walk.
I’ll drive you with no seatbelt, hell I’ll skip it myself if I feel like it .
But I won’t do that while taking you to your dealer. Never commit a misdemeanor while you’re committing felonies.
only one crime at a time 👉😎👉
“don’t commit two crimes at once”. I heard stories about a criminal gang getting caught red handed because they parked illegally. Imagine getting pulled over for not wearing a seatbelt just for them to find drugs
If you’re going on a drug run, why would you risk cops by not wearing a seat belt?
My car will YELL at us for not having a seat belt on. The faster we go, the louder the chime
They literally make and sell just, standalone seatbelt fasteners, with no attached seatbelt, to ‘solve’ this ‘problem’.
IMO, anyone who owns one of those should have their liscense revoked, forever, full stop.
What if you have something heavy that you’ve put on the passenger seat and the car won’t shut up about it? Another useless safety feature that adds to the price of cars.
Put the seatbelt around it, click it in.
If its that heavy, it can probably do some damage in say, a sudden stop or turn or collision… strap it in.
This really is not that complicated.
My laundry is not going to cause any danger with in-town driving, and the basket is too broad to put a belt around. It’s a stupid feature, but hey I’d be willing to get rid of airbags too so I imagine we are on opposite sides of the safety spectrum.
Read just now that seat occupancy sensors are required in new vehicles, disgusting. Never buying a newer car, will be repairing my current one til it turns to dust.
A car accidentally hits you, your laundry goes flying everywhere, now you are blind and recovery steer into a kid on a bike, because you can’t see her with your underwear over your eyes, that kid on the bike is dead now.
Oh the basket has some kind of top latch or lid or way of closing? Cool, it stays as one solid thing and hits your arm and causes the lethal counter steer.
You should not be allowed to drive a car.
You are literally a perfect example of someone who is not mentally competent to be trusted with a half ton of steel and aluminum and plastic that can reach speeds of 60+ mph.
Not that a 30mph collision isn’t easily capable of killing a person, much less a child.
Also, if you had something heavy on your passenger seat, which was too big to get the belt around, but was safely secured in some other way?
Just… click the belt in before you put that thing there.
People like you are why I avoid driving as much as possible.
You are literally lethally incompetent and irresponsible.
I could just screenshot this conversation and post it to a FuckCars community.
I repeat, your liscense should be revoked permanently, to protect the general public.
Just click it behind the laundry and adjust the belt ffs, I guarantee you you have enough slack
Wow you dumb as shit. I would try to explain why but man last time I tried talking to shit my father called me an idiot and smacked me up side the head.
The same people buy fake seatbelt clips to stop the warnings.
At least they are mostly just endangering themselves, as long as they don’t turn into a projectile during a crash
Also doubles as a bottle opener for all your alcohol consumption needs
