Please Do Me A Favour...

And teach your kids to do the same before they start driving, and make sure their friends are buckled in also.

Amen, Kevin.

Always.

No argument here- I have worked as a trama nurse for 23 years and have seen more people die needlessly because they simply were not wearing a seat belt- I'm not trying to start a debate either- just saying...

yup

Duh? Are there people out there who don't?

Now I'm worried.

I wear it no matter what. If I didn't, I'd swear to now because you spelled favor with a "u," and that's hawt.

Every time, every trip, every person. ETA: Don't jump on me, we don't have pets.

SPMiller said:

Duh? Are there people out there who don't?

Now I'm worried.

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Unfortunately, yes.

trust me, yes there are. 90% of my reports start off with "Unrestrained driver..."

*shudders*

Amen again. I used to think I'd have to staple seat belts to my girls before I let them drive--I'm gradually winning the war.

Dear God, I hope I am.

Okay.

I read an article recently that over 70% of teen auto fatalities in Florida during recent years were directly related to failure to use seat belts. That accounts for thousands of deaths. Thousands, in just one state.

It's no surprise that automobile accidents are the leading cause of death among teenagers in Florida.

It's also no surprise that obtaining a driver's license at sixteen is often a recipe for disaster.

I used to hate wearing it, but now I always do. I knew a guy who wasn't once, and he hit a pole while going only 5 miles an hour in a parking lot. He hit his head on the wheel, and had permanent memory loss and speech problems. Mild, but totally avoidable. Click it, people!!

I hated wearing it many years back, now I feel funny not wearing it. Mr. Susie wears it too.

Even at the dinner table.

I've been in at least three accidents that would probably have been fatal if not for the seat belts. Nobody died in any of them, cause we were buckled in.

For sure, Kev, always, and around here it's Click it or Tick et.

I'm having a spare made so I can click it anywhere I sit down.
Movie theater.
Diner.
On the beach with my hunney.

Just sayin'.

Silver King said:

It's also no surprise that obtaining a driver's license at sixteen is often a recipe for disaster.

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Teenagers think they're immortal and invincible, even as the news and statistics say otherwise.

My ex got me into the habit. I used to be bad, I admit. Now I feel weird in the car without it...

I buckle up before I even put the top down. It's become second nature.

Shweta said:

I've been in at least three accidents that would probably have been fatal if not for the seat belts. Nobody died in any of them, cause we were buckled in.

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Yup. I've told the story here before and I'll tell it again. I was about three miles from home and was involved in a collision with a paver truck. My eldest was a toddler.

How bad was the wreck? Completely totalled the car. My coffee mug and other untethered items went through the windshield. My son and I hit our seatbelts hard enough that we had cut marks where the straps were and bruises after. But we both walked away.

A seatbelt and a properly installed childseat kept a bad day from being the worst day of my life.

This thread reminds me of when my dad taught me how to drive. One of the first things he said was, "It'll take you at least five years to learn how to drive really well. You'll learn the basics real quick, by the time we're finished today. But the rest of it, like staying alive and avoiding accidents, you'll have to master on your own. It takes years."

He was right. Even something as simple as hesitating before powering through an intersection when the light turns green has helped me to avoid certain death when another driver runs a red light.

Man, I miss my dad.