Seatbelt Poll

angi1015

After having a conversation with my ILs the other night it got me thinking.

My FIL does not wear his seatbelt. He says "they can't make me." I said "it's the law and they can and will give you a nice ticket that you will have to pay if you get pulled over"

My MIL doesn't wear hers either, only on the expressway....cus that makes sense.

SO -

Do you wear your seatbelt?

At all times?

If not, why?

Sunidaze

always always always!!! i would not be here today if not fot a seatbelt! as kids, thanks to dad being a cop...it was enforced in our household before it became law.

Merin

Do you wear your seatbelt?  Absolutely always.   And if you're in my car, you better be buckled up too.

 

angi1015

I buckle up every time.

I also told them that if they want to continue to take B2 places they better start buckling up and starting to set a good example for him.

christieep

I always wear a seatbelt, I feel so weird without one!

My dad didn't make it a habit of wearing a seatbelt when we were younger.  Apparently one day I learned at school that if someone loved you they would wear a seatbelt to save their life, so I asked my dad if he didn't love me since he didn't wear a seatbelt.  He has worn one ever since!  (I don't recall this, but my mom has told this story many times)

Ron*N*Kel

I have never one time in my life not worn a seatbelt. Ron doesn't wear one and it drives me nuts!

LisaNowSpitnale

I do and will always.  I will not drive my car if everyone is not buckled up.  I struggle with my dad about it.  He doesn't wear his and I don't understand.  It is meant to save your life.  Why wouldn't you?  "No I am not going to use this thing meant to save me if a bad accident happens." Makes NO SENSE.  I make him buckle up or I don't drive.

JillBean78

I always wear mine, I cannot even feel right driving unless it is on.  Jeff always wears his too. 

My grandma would never wear one though.  She always said what your FIL says, they can't make me.  Oh my dad would fight with her all the time over it because they drove them around, ugh!!  I remember one time my dad was actually turned around fighting with her like she was a 2 year old over it.  God I miss her crazy a$$.

 

nyrek

I used to hate wearing one when I was a teen...but as an adult I never go without one. Nor will I put my car in drive until everyone has theirs one, too.

MonkeySender

Always... it's just habit. I once left work and put my seatbelt on to drive to the gas station in the parking lot.

Merin

MonkeySender:

Always... it's just habit. I once left work and put my seatbelt on to drive to the gas station in the parking lot.

I have totally done the same type of thing.

allobosc

Merin:

Do you wear your seatbelt?  Absolutely always.   And if you're in my car, you better be buckled up too.

 

This.  Alex even yells if I am backing up out of the driveway and don't have it put on yet.

TamraJean

Always. I never rememember not wearing one as a kid, and then we were in a really really really bad accident when I was 9 and the seatbelts saved myself and my brother.

Punk*Mommy

All the time, and I won't drive ANYWHERE if the passengers in my car won't put one on either. I always tell them I won't be responsible for them dying.

houndbaby

I always wear a seatbelt

RockThisB!tch

Yes, always in my own car.  Sometimes, if I'm in the backseat or crammed into a car with a ton of people, I won't, but that's it.

Lindsinjuly2

I always wear mine...to the point where I have to make a conscious effort NOT to put it on if I'm just moving the car in down the driveway or something. 

I was in an accident my freshman year of high school - the girl driving me lost control and her mini-van flipped over.  When we stopped, we were literally suspended upside down.  I couldn't imagine what would have happened if either of us didn't have our seat belt on!

Dreamofmusic768

I always attempt to wear the seatbelt when I am in a car...that being said I have encountered a car or two that I have been unable to buckle the seatbelt. I alway am nervous when I am in my sisters car, because for the life of me no matter how I put the seat or whatever I cannot get her belt to buckle. (this makes me sad and terribly depressed that I have to even admit this)

~Jen

Merin:

Do you wear your seatbelt?  Absolutely always.   And if you're in my car, you better be buckled up too.

 

This for me too

MrsHoltwick2Be

My mom used to never wear hers either for the same reasons, Angi.  Whenever she'd be a passenger in my car, I wouldn't put the car into drive until she had her seat belt on.

I always wear mine.  It's the very first thing I do when I get in the car.

ohiobride2004

I wear mine all the time when I drive or am the front seat passenger. I do not really wear mine in the back seat.

jenirvt

My car does not come out of park unless every single person in it has their seatbelt on.  This is something I NEVER compromise on, either...you don't want to wear it, you drive yourself.  KP knows that her seatbelt has to be on before the car moves...a few times I have been hasty and started backing up out of the driveway before she was clicked in all the way and she has yelled at me "Wait, I'm not buckled in yet!"

Actually, when I was 15 years old I was joyriding around with a friend who had her license and we got pulled over and I wasn't wearing my seatbelt...and the cop wrote me a ticket.  $100 ticket and I didn't even have my license yet!!! And my dad, being a cop, was NOT too happy about that.  Ever since then I have always worn it, not only for the safety (which naturally I didn't realize the value of til I was older) but for the fact that it would be MORTIFIED if my father found out I got another seatbelt ticket!!!!