Wearing a seatbelt is a good thing

Ghoulish Delight · 09-26-2006, 10:41 AM

I grew up well before wearing seatbelts was law, though well after their presence was. I have always worn a seatbelt, and feel very naked in a car without one.

Of course, I also used to sit in the front seat with the shoulder belt behind me until I was tall enough that it didn't go across my face.

Snowflake · 09-26-2006, 11:14 AM

I was raised in a no-seat-belt environment. When I started driving, I wore one. When I had my only car accident (knock wood) nobody was hurt but my parent's Ford Granada and someone's front hedge. I was wearing a belt and I would have been injured had I not been. So, I've been religious about wearing a belt as a driver ever since. As I said before, I've been less dilligent as a passenger, but I'll learn this lesson vicariously from my roomie. Me+seatbelt=always

09-26-2006, 10:41 AM	#1
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	I grew up well before wearing seatbelts was law, though well after their presence was. I have always worn a seatbelt, and feel very naked in a car without one. Of course, I also used to sit in the front seat with the shoulder belt behind me until I was tall enough that it didn't go across my face. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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09-26-2006, 11:14 AM	#2
Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	I was raised in a no-seat-belt environment. When I started driving, I wore one. When I had my only car accident (knock wood) nobody was hurt but my parent's Ford Granada and someone's front hedge. I was wearing a belt and I would have been injured had I not been. So, I've been religious about wearing a belt as a driver ever since. As I said before, I've been less dilligent as a passenger, but I'll learn this lesson vicariously from my roomie. Me+seatbelt=always __________________ Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde
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