Seat belts, it's the law, but should it be???

Amazing what you learn in Drivers ed....

lol well, I didn't learn that in drivers ed. Good thing you're listening and paying attention hehe

I learned mine from Popular Mechanics for Kids 😮

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FE... I hate to break it to you, but not wearing a seatbelt yourself and insisting that your kids do is hardly good parenting. 😕

hehe 😄 😄 Thats cool, you had that in high school?

No no, it's a T.V. show, it's actually quite educational 😄

No, I just think that if you want to teach a kid something at a young age, it helps to do what we call setting a good example. Telling your kid to wear a seatbelt but not doing it yourself is akin to telling your kids to never do drugs, then going out and getting stoned, or maybe a prostitute telling her daughter to wait until she's married. I take back what I said originally, this isn't even a parenting skill, this is a basic social skill. People who look up to you and respect you (especially young kids) will to some extent want to be like you. 😕

EDIT: Crappity crap, I thought FE was talking to me 😮

Originally posted by Darth Revan
No, I just think that if you want to teach a kid something at a young age, it helps to do what we call setting a good example. Telling your kid to wear a seatbelt but not doing it yourself is akin to telling your kids to never do drugs, then going out and getting stoned, or maybe a prostitute telling her daughter to wait until she's married. I take back what I said originally, this isn't even a parenting skill, this is a basic social skill. People who look up to you and respect you (especially young kids) will to some extent want to be like you. 😕

EDIT: Crappity crap, I thought FE was talking to me 😮

Oh god Nivek, I love you hysterical

Originally posted by silver_tears
Oh god Nivek, I love you hysterical

I wuv you too 😮 😍

Originally posted by Darth Revan
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FE... I hate to break it to you, but not wearing a seatbelt yourself and insisting that your kids do is hardly good parenting. 😕

Being a good parent is making sure your kids are safe, right? I do see your point on your next post on setting the example, but...in another thread: the lying about santa you said: Obviously it's lying, because you're telling them something that's not true. But it was always fun as a young'n So, to me lying to your kids is a bad parenting skil, not keeping them safe, although I do see your point on setting the example and I agree w/you, but if you had read my other post you would see why i've never wore a seat belt.

Crush all the iron cages, turn all the roads into dirt roads and make riding a 250cc Kawasaki THE LAW!

Originally posted by Fiery Eyes
well, I never thought of it that way at all. Very good point you have made. For years i've been a rebel against seat belts, except I make my kids wear them, and now i'll need to rethink it all.

There's one aspect I noticed no one has touched upon. Fiery Eyes, say you were driving down the road, your family is wearing their seatbelts, though you are not. Suddenly you get into a little fender bender. The jolt is enough to render you unconcious. Your family, because they are wearing their seatbelts, is COMPLETELY concious. Their knocked out dad is now behind the wheel, and the car goes off a cliff. Everyone dies.

A seatbelt can allow you to continue operating your vehicle after an impact, depending on many variables.

the jailtime is too much, overhere it's a law too but if you get caught, you just pay €50 and that's it ... barely a serious payment if you ask me

I buckle up without even thinking about it. In fact, I'm buckled up right now.

$250 is a fair amount if you ask me. Ive heard about people in head on crashes who because they werent wearing a seatbelt flew through their windscreen into the other car. By not wearing a seatbelt your not only endangering your own life but other peoples as well. I agree being arrested for it is a little extreme but i think the fine should stand.

I can't understand why anyone would not want to wear a seatbelt, but I don't get why an adult who is in the car by themselves driving around should be fined for not wearing a seatbelt. It's like wearing a helmet on a motorcycle, it's just something you should do out of common sense, not out of law.

so the government gets money

A friend of mine was severely injured in a road accident when the other driver, who wasn't wearing a seat belt, flew through the windscreen of my friend's car.... the man's head collided with my friend's, killing the man, and breaking my friend's neck... so yeah, you're right... why should a guy in the car on his own have to wear a seat belt... in this country everyone has to wear a belt... if any kids don't, the driver of the car gets fined and can get points on his licence... any adults not wearing them get the fine themselves... and as for getting your kids to wear them, but not wearing one yourself... why not put your kids in care now... that's where they'll end up after seeing daddy crash through the screen and get mangled by the truck...

Sorry to hear that kirk.. yeah I guess it is best that everyone should be forced to wear seat belts.

Originally posted by Fiery Eyes
It is the law, but the big question is, should it be the law for everyone?? This story my husband told me, I just couldn't hardly believe. In a County in Oklahoma, a guy that my husbands works with, was pulled over fined $250 for NO seat belt and taken to jail for 30 days, for NO seat belt, that is the law in that county. To me, that is utterly ridiculous I can't believe that they can legally fine you that much and take you to jail. I can understand that little kids shld be buckled up, I can't stand seeing little toddlers being held by there mother while driving or running around in the car while there mother is driving. Anyway, what do ya'll think?

Well, look at it this way:
It's cost alot more than $250 to pay for medical bills because you got in an accident, and got severe injuries because you werent wear a seatbelt which would have secured you to your seat. You instead flew through the windsheild.
You would also be in the hospital/unable to carry out normal activies for much more longer than 30 days if you were to get in such an accident where you would be injured that badly from not wearing your seatbelt.