A person who is not wearing a seatbelt becomes a projectile that can wound other people.
Seatbelt laws are good.
Seatbelt laws are good.
Though I agree with you, there have been many cases of the seat belt not only doing harm, but causing the person's death. Also, there are cases where the seat belt may have been on when the accident occurs, but comes loose or off because of the accident. Who's to say? Insurance companies will then refuse to pay because the seat belt "wasn't on."
There's talk now of forcing adults to wear bicycle helmets. What next? Knee and elbow pads?
Issues with seatbelts are generally rare. The issues you raise are likely due to seatbelt misuse or failure. You are far, far safer wearing a seatbelt than not.
And only in a few states is failure to be belted a mitigating factor in damages.
Your larger issue of mandating safety vs personal freedom loses traction for me when the injured party then turns to the govt for care (which happens a TON). At that point taxpayers are paying for his/her poor safety decisions. And we dont have the stomach as a society to simply allow injured people to suffer and/or die.
I thought that’s what airbags were for?
Not really.
Airbags don’t keep you from bouncing around the inside of your car. Nor do they keep you from being ejected out of a window or an open door.
Though I'm not against them, they can be dangerous at times for short people and children.
A person who is not wearing a seatbelt becomes a projectile that can wound other people.
Seatbelt laws are good.
Though I'm not against them, they can be dangerous at times for short people and children.
I need to see that happen to believe it
I need to see that happen to believe it
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Only if they're not properly fitted though. Shorter adults (below 150cm) should consider a booster seat if the car seat cannot be adequately adjusted to the seatbelt. Not sure about the US but in Oz kids have to ride in a harnessed booster suit 'til they're tall/heavy enough to sit in a regular seat.
Really?
That right there is the reason I don’t even put the key in the ignition unless everyone has their seatbelt on.
One of my friends older brothers was driving home from his mothers house with his family. He wasn’t belted in and his daughter and everyone else was. He nodded off and rolled their car. He broke his sons jaw and hit his daughter on his way out the rear window, killing her.
If you have to see it before you believe it, you might just be an idiot.
(Not saying you are, but well....)
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