Now wait a minute....think about this. Is a safety issue to buckle up while driving. You put gas, oil, put air on the tires, check the brakes and etc.....those are all safety procedures. Why can't you do the same with seat belt? These things are to protect you and other drivers. The seat belts are important for you and your passengers. Just be safe.....nothing to argue about.
Originally posted by jnr_hiphopwhat? obviously they havent put adds on the tv in australia showing the difference a seatbelt can make - if your in the back seat and not wearing a seatbelt you can fly into the person infront of you causing them serious damage. Also imagine travelling at 70mph on the motorway and having an accident - the force sending you into the seat infront would do way more than mash up your face. And - if you're sitting in the middle u can fly through the windscreen. I think people are underestimating the force that some of these accidents generate.
Maybe only front seat guys should buckle up.. but let's say the back seat people buckle up and there's a sudden stop or a crash or whatever.. what much is it gonna do? lets say you didnt have it on.. its not like your gonna rip through the front seats and smash through the window..
Safety belts do more than reduce the severity of injuries. They assist the driver in maintaining control of the car in emergency situations.
Being required to buckle up is no more an infringement on personal freedom than being required to turn on headlights at dusk or use a turn indicator to signal a turn or observe any other traffic law.
Originally posted by jnr_hiphop
Maybe only front seat guys should buckle up.. but let's say the back seat people buckle up and there's a sudden stop or a crash or whatever.. what much is it gonna do? lets say you didnt have it on.. its not like your gonna rip through the front seats and smash through the window..
"Car occupants can be killed after being struck by other passengers who are catapulted forward, backward or sideways in a car crash"
Exactly. Can't say I wanna be responsible for killing someone sitting infront of me just because I never had my seatbelt on. Could possibly save a smashed up face also.
-AC
Originally posted by Storm
Safety belts do more than reduce the severity of injuries. They assist the driver in maintaining control of the car in emergency situations.
Being required to buckle up is no more an infringement on personal freedom than being required to turn on headlights at dusk or use a turn indicator to signal a turn or observe any other traffic law.
That's only a justification for driver seatbelts. Your examples are reasons that protect other people. Following that logic, wearing a rear seatbelt provides safety for no-one other than yourself and so the personal freedom argument remains valid.
Not that I am against the law, just that argument is incomplete.
Originally posted by SaTsuJiN
Yes it should be the law... its just something else for someone to lay the blame on when push comes to shove... just like labeling McDonalds coffee "WARNING : HOT BEVERAGE!".... its stupid because we all know coffee is hot.. but some jackass spilled it on herself and sued someone for it..
That is actually because MacDonalds heated the coffee beyond any legal safe standard- that case was actually far more justified than it is often made out to be.
Ushgarak originally postedThat's only a justification for driver seatbelts. Your examples are reasons that protect other people. Following that logic, wearing a rear seatbelt provides safety for no-one other than yourself and so the personal freedom argument remains valid.
Actually if you read most of this thread you will see that more than one person has made the point that passengers not wearing seatbelts can become human projectiles and kill the person(s) sitting in front of them. So that personal freedom argument does not remain valid.
Ushgarak originally posted
That is actually because MacDonalds heated the coffee beyond any legal safe standard- that case was actually far more justified than it is often made out to be.
Even if that coffee was heated to the point that it was hotter than Molten Lava, common sense dictates that a fresh cup of coffee is VERY VERY HOT. The degree of it's temperature is a moot point. That person sued because a lawyer saw dollar signs. In the end every pays for these frivolous lawsuits and people's lack of common sense.
A man sued an ice rink because when he walked out on the ice and cracked his head open. Does he have a case because the ice was too slippery or too hard. I think not.
"Even if that coffee was heated to the point that it was hotter than Molten Lava, common sense dictates that a fresh cup of coffee is VERY VERY HOT. The degree of it's temperature is a moot point."
Well if you are handed a cup of fresh coffee that is heated to regulation temperature, the cups provided will protect you from burning. If you were THEN to be an ass and spill it, it's your own fault. If you pick up a cup of coffee heated to a ridiculously high level, the protection of the cup that the proprietor is obligated to provide, is rendered useless. So if on contact, you are burnt and as a result, spill the coffee on yourself, you have every right to sue.
-AC