Pickup Owners: Do you buckle up?

[timswi]

Can you define "Pickup"? Is that like an F100 because the F150 is a truck??

I'm pretty sure we're talking modern pickups here, not 50,60,70 vintage...Just sayin.

Admission, I almost never wear the lap belt in my 70 Chevelle....If it had an actual retracting shoulder set up, I would. My very bad.

 

[ultrarunner]

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[sam5570]

My seatbelt is on no matter what i'm driving. I haul hazmat and it's something i got youst to doing, i catch myself stoping at RR x and turn my flasher's on when i'm in my pickup habbit.

 

[FatTire]

Now to remind everyone... this post was directed to pickup owners. OP, I think your data collection is tainted unless all that have replied have P/U's.

I haven't counted up, but the trend is becoming clear. I'm a little surprised how few wear belts on tractors, but it depends on terrain and what you're doing. I like it for FEL work on any sort of rugged terrain or around ditches, gullies, etc. and wouldn't want to do without the ROPS.

 

[tcartwri]

I have to say, I'm another one who would be dead if I had my belt on during the crash I had when I was 18.

 

[buickanddeere]

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.

If you have ever worked as emergency response and had to work with mangled people who did not buckle up. You will have little tolerance for those who refuse to buckle up.

 

[aczlan]

I wear my belt on the tractor, RTV, forklift or any car.
99% of accidents you are better off being belted in. I'll take the risk for the 1% where I would be better off unbelted.

Aaron Z

 

[Buggs67]

It's been instinct to buckle my belt as soon as I get in the car. At work I'd find myself buckling in, driving across the parking lot to get my gear from my POV, and having to unbuckle. Also training became habit to unbuckle as approaching the destination. My wife still asks me why. And no car I'm operating moves til everyone is buckled, backseat too.

I only buckle in on the tractor if I'm going up/down hill, in rough terrain or I see possibility of tipover. And when in High on the road.

 

[Buggs67]

And the law or spectre of a ticket isn't the reason. I've seen people survive head on collisions because of seatbelts and people die because they weren't wearing a belt.

 

[fidowanttobe]

I wear my belt on the tractor, RTV, forklift or any car.
99% of accidents you are better off being belted in. I'll take the risk for the 1% where I would be better off unbelted.

I agree, I too will take those odds. I was in one rollover when I was younger, and witnessed another happen. Both of us completely unhurt but I was amazed at the contents of the cars that "superballed" around inside and out. Don't wanna recover from that.

 

[Whatswrong]

In my pickup mostly ,in my van almost 100% ,tractors never , pay loader never and fork lift always on fork lift I feel so vulnerable

 

[buickanddeere]

I have to say, I'm another one who would be dead if I had my belt on during the crash I had when I was 18.

The rare exception to survive because of NOT wearing a seat belt in stead of because . Such stories have encouraged people who are now dead to not wear thier seat belts .

 

[JerryK]

I'm all for guys not wearing seatbelts, or even helmets on motorcycles.... MORE FEMALES FOR ME....!!!!

 

[bcp]

I don't wear a seat belt. It may trap me.

I won't allow a fire extinguisher in the house. A friend's didn't work when he needed it.

I don't wear a helmet. It messes up my hair.

I won't use safety glasses. I've seen one broken.

I don't have a spare tire in my car. Sometimes they are flat.

I cut the ground off my plugs. A neighbor had one and still got shocked.

As much as possible I try not to use brakes because they sometimes fail. That's what a horn is for.

Why should I use turn signals? Anyone can see that I am turning.

I never use my rifle safety. It slows me down.


I wish I hadn't done that.

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How often have you heard someone wish they had been less careful?

Bruce

 

[farmboy12]

I will chime in on this one. I do not wear my seatbelt in anything. I have seen multiple instances as described where people have died from wearing seatbelts, and even more from people who were not. I do not like the government telling us what to do when it comes to stuff like this. I do realize that it is probably safer to wear a belt, I choose not to out of comfort and the fact that I am often on and off tractors, equipment, in and out of my trucks, and getting dressed in fire trucks. If there are children in my vehicle, I do make it a requirement that they wear them, and I wear it in front of them. Quite frankly, I am always surprised at how many of you on TBN wear your belts on tractors, as I have never been around a working farm and seen farmers wearing their belts, I have bever worn them on equipment and niether has anyone I know. My opinion, and I don't push it on anyone. Like I said, seatbelts are safer, so by all means if it is comfortable and you want to wear it, please do.


Kyle

 

[Buggs67]

I will chime in on this one. I do not wear my seatbelt in anything. I have seen multiple instances as described where people have died from wearing seatbelts, and even more from people who were not. I do not like the government telling us what to do when it comes to stuff like this. I do realize that it is probably safer to wear a belt, I choose not to out of comfort and the fact that I am often on and off tractors, equipment, in and out of my trucks, and getting dressed in fire trucks. If there are children in my vehicle, I do make it a requirement that they wear them, and I wear it in front of them. Quite frankly, I am always surprised at how many of you on TBN wear your belts on tractors, as I have never been around a working farm and seen farmers wearing their belts, I have bever worn them on equipment and niether has anyone I know. My opinion, and I don't push it on anyone. Like I said, seatbelts are safer, so by all means if it is comfortable and you want to wear it, please do.


Kyle

I spent 20 years investigating accidents. I was on the fatal accident investigation unit. I've seen more accidents and dead people in one year than you'll see in your life (probably). And your argument is ********. I've never seen an accident where the fatality was due to the belt. If you don't want to wear them fine. Don't. But don't pretend they might kill you. And if comfort is your criteria for living, I'd avoid the dentist.

 

[farmboy12]

I spent 20 years investigating accidents. I was on the fatal accident investigation unit. I've seen more accidents and dead people in one year than you'll see in your life (probably). And your argument is ********. I've never seen an accident where the fatality was due to the belt. If you don't want to wear them fine. Don't. But don't pretend they might kill you. And if comfort is your criteria for living, I'd avoid the dentist.

Actually, I saw one just a couple weeks ago. But I will not argue further, I did, however, admit that the seatbelt is safer. Just my preference.


Kyle

 

[Ed of all trades]

I will never forget the time one of the fireman from my department responded to a call and fount a semi parked in the bleachers of the softball field. ( no one was in the bleachers) There was a VW sitting on the other side of the road in the ditch and the only one he saw was the semi driver. He was sitting in his truck with the door open looking out toward the road crying. My buddy asked if he was ok and he said he was. When asked where the driver of the VW was his answer was "You just stepped in him." The bug had bumped up against the trick and the driver had ended up under the trailer tires. He had to be scraped up off of the road, literally. A seat belt would have made a difference.
I started using my seat belts when the law passed here in Va and now always do. Ed

 

[Copperhead]

I rarely wear them when on the gravel roads around my property. Never on the property. And sporadically when running to and from town on the highway. Will not begin to argue one way or the other if it is dangerous to not do so. I am an old coot pretty much set in my ways. I have been in a couple of commercial truck accidents (fortunately not my fault) and even a truck rollover when I drove commercial truck in Alaska and the road collapsed. Never wearing a seat belt at any of those occasions. Worse I got was a bruise on my left leg for the rollover. Yeah, I am not the norm and don't proclaim that no seat belt wearing is the smarter thing to do. I rarely do it, and will not change. I have seen both sides... instances where seat belts prevented serious injury and death, and times when seat belts did more harm than good. There are arguments for both sides.

My only issue with seat belts is seat belt laws. The government doesn't give a rip about anyone's safety and that is cold truth. They only see it as a revenue generator scheme when they catch someone not wearing it, and a pretense to use to find anything else wrong at a traffic stop. If any of them do think it is for safety, it is because they want people spared injury and death so they can guarantee their taxation revenue stream. I have been around long enough to not fall for the government and DOT so-called concern for my safety. If that were the case, they wouldn't have 70 mph for autos with 55 mph limits for commercial trucks in many locations, along with right lanes only for trucks so that there is a battle at each and every exit/entrance ramp between semi trucks and cars. Speed doesn't kill, or everyone in NASCAR would be dead. Differential speed is what kills. While government claims to be about safety regarding seat belts, they promote higher accident frequency in other aspects of highway regulation. Nope. Not buying the line one bit.

 

[Bird]

My only issue with seat belts is seat belt laws. The government doesn't give a rip about anyone's safety and that is cold truth. They only see it as a revenue generator scheme when they catch someone not wearing it, and a pretense to use to find anything else wrong at a traffic stop.

You simply could not be more mistaken, but I'm sure nothing I could say would change your mind. Personally, like a lot of people, I don't like a law that only makes you protect yourself, so even though I wear seat belts all the time, and would be uncomfortable without them, I used to feel it shouldn't be a law that you HAVE to wear them. I used to ride motorcycles; didn't like the helmet law because there were lots of times when it was just too HOT.

However, there have been some studies done that concluded those laws don't just protect YOU because accidents that kill or cripple people cost all of us in the form of welfare or disability payments to some of those injured, higher insurance premiums for all of us, etc.

I've no doubt that each of us knows of several laws with which we disagree, especially if they affect us personally. Does that mean we should ignore and violate such laws? How about if everyone only obeyed the laws he/she agrees with?