Originally posted by lazs2
traveller... impressive credentials in the caring for injured thing... I admit it but... does seeing a burn victim make you want to wear a firesuit?
did the world trade center convince you to stay out of tall buildings?
My point is that you are seeing a very compressed view of accidents. Most of us are in little or no danger where a seatbelt would be much help in our entire lifetime... add to the fact that wearing em at speed or in the riskier environments cuts that chance even more and you are left with... for most people... a jesture..
perhaps not even that good of a one.. better cars and better safety devices have led to more reckless.. no... careless driving. there are more accidents now than ever.
most of us will sit in the back of a taxi and not think anything of letting some guy who didn't have a license a year ago drive em around.... or let the wife drive while you snooze on the freeway or a two lane highway... most people can't even stop their car safely from 70mph even with the brakes we have today yet they drive 80-90 mph. They risk a lot more than me who won't wear a seatbelt in a lincoln town car.
and... if you rent the very same car in limmo form... you won't have to either... you most likely won't wear one.
Again... thank you for your service but I think it distorts your thinking on this and makes you more aware of danger than is healthy. We can't fear life.
and.... "fool"? "stupid"? quite possibly. we all, every day do things that are stupid or foolish. it is pretty sure that private aviation, skydiving, mountain climbing, motorcycles in general... bike riding...all are "stupid" and "foolish".
All risk is stupid and foolish. no risk is not living at all.
lazs
If you are going to use my name, spell it correctly please. Traveler, one L.
You state the exact reason why one should properly wear a seatbelt. “better cars and better safety devices have led to more reckless.. no... careless driving. there are more accidents now than ever.”
That statement is so true and because it is so true it renders your first statement invalid “Most of us are in little or no danger where a seatbelt would be much help in our entire lifetime... add to the fact that wearing em at speed or in the riskier environments cuts that chance even more and you are left with... for most people... a jesture..”
There are more accidents because there are more registered vehicles on our roadways. The chance that someone will cause an accident that involves you is greater today then the day you got your license.
I’d wear a fire suite if I was driving a Ford Pinto. Wouldn’t you if something like 40 percent of them burst into flame after a minor fender bender. That’s why they don’t make them anyone.
Not really sure I understand your point to most of your other ramblings bottom line is, I wear a seat belt , even in a Cab or town car. It’s not like you have a choice in my state. It’s a rolling violation, like it or not, it’s the law.
You can make any excuses you like, bottom line is worn properly the seat belt works. Worn improperly or not at all it can be very dangerous. Your thoughts on my thinking being distorted is no more valid then your reasoning not to wear seat belts because the “Government” requires you to wear them.
Nothing anyone says will ever get you to change your thinking, I can see that. That why I implore you to fill out that donor card. Transplant hospitals need people like you. Of course they won’t be able to harvest much, not if you are only wearing the lap belt, if you pull any G’s kiss the liver and heart good bye. Kidney get pretty crushed from the belt it’s self. But they could harvest your skin , you seemed overly interested in fire, yes, I’ve seen full thickness burns and 4th degree burns, yes there are 4th degree burns, that’s when the bones are burnt black. , that could harvest your eyes too.
