to give an adult tax paying citizen a ticket for choosing not to wear seat belt? think this over 75 seats are on a school bus. kids all over, one driver ,no seat belts ?hmm. if you ride in the back seat of a car you can make the choice , but if u are driving or a passenger you have to by law? i think its should be a choice what do u think?
2007-05-25 11:47:04 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Safety
in response to some who think it "stupid" of me to posta question.. hers a story for all of you . when i was growing up a friend was in a wreck and had a seat belt the other two int he car passsed also wearing a seat one was decapitated fromt he seat belt cutting through his neck, the second bled out from the seat belt cutting his stomach, and the third was injured pretty badly. where i live now last year a young women was driving with her 3 month old baby it was raining her car flipped in a creek upside down, she released her seat belt and went for her daughter whose seat belt would not release in trying to save her daughter they both drown, by no means am i suggesting anyone is stupid i asked if it should be a choice nothing more. some die with it on others with it off. so is it fair to say if that dumb *** was not wearing his seat belt would he be alive? be realistic
2007-05-26 09:59:51 · update #1
I don't like it either and I think the state government should butt-out. However, I think they're under a lot of pressure and controlled by the insurance companies. I use to be a school bus driver and I totally concur with your sentiment. My main reason for wanting mandatory seat belts on a school bus is simply to keep the kids in their seats at all times.
But here's one they haven't been able to have their way with yet, at least in the state where I live. Motorcyclist still are not forced to wear helmets. Interesting.
2007-05-25 14:40:29 · answer #1 · answered by soulguy85 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm gonna go on personal experience with this one. I hit an embankment going about 60 and I was not wearing a seat belt I was in ICU for 6 days and almost died .... I chose to wear my seat belt now
2007-05-25 19:20:11 · answer #2 · answered by Cassie 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I dont think its fair because if u get into an accident, the only person u are hurting by not wearing the seat belt is yourself. i think it should be a choice.
2007-05-25 18:57:17 · answer #3 · answered by andrewb621 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I understand what you are saying. However, is it fair that the taxpayers have to pay hospital bills for an uninsured person who becomes injured because of not wearing his seatbelt? It's all a question of who we should be fair to. The argument could be made that natural selection is taking place here by weeding those out silly enough not to wear a seatbelt. Seatbelts save lives! Why can't we just wear them?
2007-05-25 18:57:20 · answer #4 · answered by Surf Forever 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I had a friend die in a car fire from being hit by a drunk driver on the passenger side.
His seatbelt was pinched in between the drivers and passengers seats.
Even the police said if he was not wearing it he would be alive today.
He was a off duty cop, and this happened way before the seatbelt laws.
2007-05-25 19:06:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
in america they used to (or maybe still do in some states) not care about seat belts...
car manufacturers wanted their customers to... you know, not die, and invented air bags and crumple zones...
but a seatbelt is your best bet, adding airbags and crumple zones makes it safer, but seatbelts are the supreme rulers of car safety (with the exception of skilled driving lol)...
australia has many such laws which are "keep safe or pay you fine", "excerise your rights or pay the fine"...
it's a disincentive to even risk a situation nobody wants, and reduces the amount of road fatalies significantly...
so yes it's fair, next time try to value your own existance please =( I don't know you but any life is worth the 2seconds it takes to put on a seatbelt...
2007-05-25 19:02:00 · answer #6 · answered by atzu_87 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is fair, especially since seat belt use actually increases the chances of injury on a school bus, but reduces it drastically in an automobile.
http://www.safety-council.org/info/traffic/schbusbelt.htm
http://archives.cnn.com/2002/US/05/07/school.bus.seatbelts/index.html just to cite a few studies.
2007-05-25 21:32:48 · answer #7 · answered by oklatom 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the seat belt law is to protect your life from your own choices wich is not the states right to do
2007-05-25 18:52:06 · answer #8 · answered by tott1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
look at these statistics and you tell me
Three of five people killed in vehicle accidents would have survived their injuries had they been wearing their seat belts. (Source: NHTSA)
Seat belts save an estimated 9,500 lives in the United States each year. (Source: NHTSA)
Every 12 seconds, someone is killed in a traffic accident. (Source: NHTSA)
2007-05-25 18:56:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
seat belts save lives
life is not fair
2007-05-25 18:51:53 · answer #10 · answered by al 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋