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AC2717 · 06-01-2007, 09:07 AM

This topic burns me up because working for a towing company while in college and high school I have seen accidents were seat belts have saved lives and ones where seat belts have killed because they were wearing them. It should be your own choice to where them. Getting thrown from the car in a lot of times is better than being belted in! There are plenty of accidents to back this up. Some people cannot wear them because of their size or body conditions or whatever the problem. Down here in MA I had a boss that had a certain condition than when he sat for long periods of time his body would swell and with the seat belt it would cinch down on him and cause problems and the doctors told him it would not be safe for him to wear one. there was a lot more going on that helped this problem along and he had a medication he carries in his pocket. He got pulled over explained the situation and still got a ticket for not wearing his seat belt, he fought it and still lost.

I am a sometimes seat belt wearer and to me it is my choice, my daughter, who is still in a car seat will wear one later on in life because I will tell her and that will be the rule, but as an adult I should be free to make my own decisions, there are no seat belts on motorcycles and there is way less protection on them, is this next?

06-01-2007, 09:07 AM	#82
AC2717 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Maynard, MA & Paugus Bay Posts: 2,582 Thanks: 755 Thanked 355 Times in 267 Posts	Heated topic This topic burns me up because working for a towing company while in college and high school I have seen accidents were seat belts have saved lives and ones where seat belts have killed because they were wearing them. It should be your own choice to where them. Getting thrown from the car in a lot of times is better than being belted in! There are plenty of accidents to back this up. Some people cannot wear them because of their size or body conditions or whatever the problem. Down here in MA I had a boss that had a certain condition than when he sat for long periods of time his body would swell and with the seat belt it would cinch down on him and cause problems and the doctors told him it would not be safe for him to wear one. there was a lot more going on that helped this problem along and he had a medication he carries in his pocket. He got pulled over explained the situation and still got a ticket for not wearing his seat belt, he fought it and still lost. I am a sometimes seat belt wearer and to me it is my choice, my daughter, who is still in a car seat will wear one later on in life because I will tell her and that will be the rule, but as an adult I should be free to make my own decisions, there are no seat belts on motorcycles and there is way less protection on them, is this next?