Always buckled..

Samurias aren't safe to drive rememeber.. they are tippy.. don't you read Consumer Reports??

 

I always buckle up when on-road, sometimes I go unbuckled when on the trail (rarely). Heck, my kids harp

on me too much if I try to temp fate..."Daaaaad, where's yer seat belt. Put it on"...

 

YES ALWAYS...

 

Always. So used to it I find myself putting it on even when I'm just moving the car out of the driveway. Jim

 

How should I put this with out sounding like I'm preaching...? There's no way in h*** I wouldn't wear a seatbelt!! I work for a fire department and I've seen what happens when you don't where one. It isn't pretty.

I've also seen people walk away from something that I was sure had killed them. I went to one wreck where a mom flipped her car onto the roof and slid it along the pavement. Her baby was in the back seat (where car seats should always be!) strapped in nice and tight. When the car stopped moving, the babies head was less than 2 inches from the asphalt. She didn't have a scratch on her. The worst thing about not being belted is the ejection. Remember high school physics? When you hit something and the little Zuk is travelling 50 mph, you are also travelling 50 mph. If you hit an immoveable object, like a tree or Ford F350, your Zuk will stop. If you are not belted you have just become a 50 mph missile.

I hope I didn't step on anyone's toes or offend anyone, but if one more person buckles up, we might have them around a little longer.

 

ALWAYS

 

ALWAYS, ALWAYS & ALWAYS

 

As mtntoy say always, 11 years aas an EMT I will say I've seen an (1) accident where they would have
been better off being ejected, but every other one would have been better off with a seat belt on.

 

Ha ha... I even buckle up my briefcase so it won't fly away on the highway!

 

Yes I buckle up, I'm a biatch about it too.

 

I always wear my seatbelt when on-road. I drive to much and too crazy not to!

I have a bad habit of not wearing it off-road. My MR2 seats have helped me some, because they put me in a better seating position for off-road driving.

 

Always! And won't even move the rig if all on board aren't buckled up! If they unbuckle while driving, I pull over and won't resume till they are strapped in.....

 

I like this thread too!!!!!!!!

I'm considering harness's when funds become available........

 

Good point about securing contents. They too become missles in the event of an accident.....

I've also learned that not only should a cooler be secured while off-road, but equally as important, the lid should be locked down securely..... My cooler baptism on the double whammy at the Melt taught me this valuable lesson....

 

Always. Interesting responses, I was checking out a Toyota Solara site last summer after we bought one, in a similar poll more than half said they don't wear belts, ever!

Of course the main topics there were putting gutter mesh on the grill, neon washer things, and whomping big "systems"...and how to keep the tires from rubbing the wheelwells. Man do I like this better!

 

All the time, its a good habit to get into.

 

yes always!! no hesitation to do so.

 

I always do to. Plus the police here give you a fine for not wearing one. $75 canadian bucks

 

i drive a tow truck and have seen what happens when yuo don't.. ALWAY'S

Sean

 

Religiously

 

Yes always, sometimes if people are driving like idiots (or ID10T's (Navy bootcamp joke) I will e ven put the passengers side belt on.

 

yeah, almost to the point of beltin in the dog (she has balance issues) when out ridin around the dog bounces of things inside some days

 

Always, I never leave the driveway unless im buckled up.

 

Always,on or off road!!

 

Always on road, sometimes not off road, i.e between major obstacles where there no chance of mishap. Need to get the dog somehow buckled up though.