Pickup Owners: Do you buckle up?

[FatTire]

I read in the small offset crash test report that approx. 77% of pickup drivers wear seat belts, meaning that something like a quarter of us don't. I could imagine maybe tractor owners might be a LITTLE more safety aware than the general public, but maybe not. How often do you wear yours? Always? Never?

 

[hawkeye08]

I buckle the seat belt when I get in vehicles, buckle up when I get on Kubota or ZT mower (both have ROPS). Occasionally I will not buckle up if moving pickup around the yard, but it is habit and I find myself doing it often then too...

 

[Soundguy]

Always. I may not Wes it from the driveway to the mail/paperbox, but otherwise... Yup

 

[FatTire]

I buckle the seat belt when I get in vehicles, buckle up when I get on Kubota or ZT mower (both have ROPS). Occasionally I will not buckle up if moving pickup around the yard, but it is habit and I find myself doing it often then too...

Same. I occasionally move the Kubota a short distance, say moving from inside the shop to outside, without buckling up, but it sorta feels weird.

 

[4570Man]

If if driving the pickup on roads I always wear my seat belt. If i'm off road I usually don't. I hardly ever wear the tractor seatbelt.

 

[5030]

I cut off the belts in both my Kubota's. Don't need or want them. Vehicles, always buckle up. This is Michigan, home of the 150 dollar seatbelt ticket and cops with X-ray vision.

 

[Inspector507]

My vehicles never move until all occupants are buckled in.

 

[tcartwri]

Watch any of the Saudi drift videos and that will convince even the staunchest anti-belter to buckle up. Pretty amazing how a human can be FIRED out of an open window when a car barrel rolls.

 

[coobie]

Always belted truck or car.

 

[mkr7734]

Always. Made it a habit to buckle up when the kids were small years ago, so they would know nothing else. I don't have a seat-belt on the Gator on my side, but I did put one on the passenger side for the grand-kids and they know they have to buckle up before we drive.
I don't use them much on the tractor, flat ground and getting on and off,,,,why????

 

[Looking4new]

In my Jeep I ALWAYS buckle up. The same with the big truck. It is something about a $650.oo ticket and 2 points off my license. In the Kioti I don't. It has a cab.

 

[Billrog]

Always buckle up in vehicles but next to never on the tractor maybe twice in 25 years and never in the backhoe.

 

[houser52]

Ive been driving since 1968 and never wore a seatbelt until I got a $100 ticket. I hated wearing one and still do but I wear it because I want to spend $100 on something besides a ticket. What I hate worse is the government telling me I have to wear one.

 

[Trails End]

I always buckle up in the car or the pickup, before I start the engine!! With the tractor,
it depends on what I'm doing. When snowblowing with the rear mounted snowblower,
NO! Even on flat ground I use the belt on the tractor in certain instances, since there's
always the possibility of a potential sink hole or a large soft spot, which can quickly
alter the cg of the machine.

 

[orezok]

I'll bet this guy had wished that he "clicked it"

Dash cam crash: Passenger ejected from flipping car in horror Brazil road accident - TomoNews - YouTube

 

[timswi]

Always buckled in...Coming home from work one day years ago was going about 75MPH with the windows down...looked out the drivers window at the concrete and thought, "that'll leave a mark". Buckled in ever since. Always buckled in the ZT and BX unless the ROS are down (rare). Don't bother in the RTV unless I'm on the trails.

 

[Bird]

I've been using the seat belts in my vehicles since 1962. And I have no doubt that habit saved my life December 29, 1965, when my partner ran us into a tree and hit hard enough to break my seat belt (no shoulder harness in a 1965 Ford sedan). I just couldn't get comfortable in any vehicle without the belt on.

 

[roadhunter]

Ive been driving since 1968 and never wore a seatbelt until I got a $100 ticket. I hated wearing one and still do but I wear it because I want to spend $100 on something besides a ticket. What I hate worse is the government telling me I have to wear one.

I dislike that as well but I see the other side that it's probably best for us all. Kinda like driving on the right hand side. Sometimes it's just teaser to go with the flow.

Helmet laws are somewhat similar IMO. I enjoy watching the biker gangs come through for Sturgis not wearing helmets taking the freedom back. But I'd highly recommend wearing a helmet to anyone I cared about.

 

[kf4uda]

I am a pickup owner and a seatbelt wearer as well.

 

[Creamer]

Never drive a vehicle without one. I have ever since I have been driving - long before seat belt laws. Tractor doesn't have one but i wouldn't wear it if I did.