Be honest....
2007-01-05 02:20:53 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Safety
Erm, scragette, it's not up to you: it's the law. You have to wear one.
2007-01-05 02:31:09 · update #1
Wrong - claire sloan it is now compulsory for everyone on the bus to wear a seatbelt.
2007-01-05 02:37:13 · update #2
simonavitch - learn to read the question. Do you wear a seatbelt when you ride the National Express? Simple.
2007-01-05 02:48:48 · update #3
Mick - learn to read the question. You are right and I agree with you - but do *you* use the seatbelt when you ride the Express?
2007-01-06 11:33:21 · update #4
I used to drive National Express coaches and I would say to passengers, wear your safety belt. They never did. They'd walk about the coach, swing on luggage rack, try and have sex in toilet. The men would stand up using the loo when they were supposed to sit down, coach went round a corner, they p*ssed all over the floor. I have to clean it up which is why most drivers say it's not working. I had a front tyre blow out at 62mph, I kept coach in straight line and no injuries. Thanks to skid pan training which they don't do anymore.
2007-01-06 11:43:58 · answer #1 · answered by charterman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I travel with Stagecoach on a daily basis to and from work. I don't wear my seatbelt on the bus. There are polite messages saying 'Please wear your seatbelt' on the back of each seat but is it not the same as a car - the driver is responsible for children under 14 wearing seatbelts and anyone over that age are responsible for themselves? I always wear a seatbelt in the car but for some reason don't tend to on the bus. And neither does anyone else I've ever seen either. Hmm, food for thought, eh?!
2007-01-05 10:36:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hi !
Well, being honest, on the very few occassions that I have been on coaches, I do put the belt on, unless visiting the loo, or coffee-making facilities.
However, in Bulgaria, as a child on holiday many moons ago, we went over a bit of a cliff without restraint. Varna to Sofia, it was.
Apart from a few bumps & bruises, all was well for all.
Except for the coach driver, who received an awful lot of verbal abuse.
I feel for those involved in the recent accident therefore, and trust that the driver will be suitably admonished.
Bob.
2007-01-05 10:32:46 · answer #3 · answered by Bob the Boat 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Might trap you in if you are on the side where it falls.
You could be more damaged kept in place as the road wears out your body.
Double Decker coaches should be banned unless they can carry their passengers without luggage in the hold.
Their height and road width trying to oppose a centrifugal force of varying proportions defies belief.
60 mph on a 60 degree bend tests it further.
At the point of balance any increase in wind speed (gusts) could tip it. Profit versus safety never ends.
Thousands were killed making matches years ago for the same reason. It was called Phossy Jaw.
It's in the full Oxford Dictionary.
2007-01-05 10:42:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
All National express coach have seat belts ,and by law you should use them
2007-01-05 14:09:37 · answer #5 · answered by Mick 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No never, and I think its not up to the driver its up to the individual passenger if they want to put their own lives at risk
2007-01-05 10:23:51 · answer #6 · answered by scragette2000 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I HAVENT BEEN ON ONE FOR YEARS,THEY DIDNT HAVE SEAT BELTS THEN. BUT I AM SUR EVERYONE WILL WEAR A SEAT BELT NOW.
2007-01-05 10:31:30 · answer #7 · answered by aunty m 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never....but Im going to from now on!
2007-01-05 10:23:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
u are supposed to wear them but i havent till now.. but frm now on i am goin to
2007-01-09 06:22:30 · answer #9 · answered by Honda 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Always have, always will
2007-01-08 17:58:37 · answer #10 · answered by Krayzieclaire 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋