You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today!
If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact contact us.
BMW General Discussion
Sponsored by: AutohausAZ.com
Talk about BMWs in general. Post official news, Bangle flames, or anything else related to BMW.
User not setup in Rate My Car. Click here to set it up.
Your Ride: 1987 325is
ha yea i always wear mine unless i move my car under 5 feet. and when punk friends get in my car and dont put it on i simply see how close i can get my car to rolling over... they get the point after that and put it on like a good boy. anyways SAFTY FIRST!!
I don't mean to be the hand of God here, but I take this seriously. It's one of the simplest things to do- buckle up. Not to do it is just plain old stupidity. You need to witness a serious collision and see for yourself, hopefully it's not you who gets the bad end of the stick. You can be safe and alert all you want, but it takes one incident where you have no control over your situation whatsoever. There are times when a road situation unfolds before your eyes, and no evasive maneuver you come up with will prevent the impending collision. Statistics show that in crashes involving airbag deployment, you are more than 8 times more likely to die from your injuries if you're not wearing a seatbelt. That's why airbags are called SUPPLEMENTAL restraints.
I work at a hospital and I can't even tell you how many MVA victims are brought in unrestrained, and die from vehicle ejections or from major trauma caused by airbag deployment w/o seatbelt use. If they don't die, many of them end up with paralysis from spinal injuries, or spend weeks to months for other complications, breathing and eating through tubes. You not only change your life with that fateful decision not to click in, but of those around you- your family, friends, even the emergency personnel trying to help you. It's no joke man, discomfort is a poor excuse for not wearing the belt. And you can run all the numbers you want to, citing injuries caused by seatbelts, but what is irrefutable is that more people survive crashes in seatbelts than without.
As far as the cops are concerned, NJ laws changed in 2000. They no longer need a different primary reason to pull you over. They can now stop you and fine you simply for non-use, whether it's you, your front seat passenger, or both.
I know, my cousin was a trama nurse in Newark & she said there are 3 points of impact: 1) your car's impact, 2)your head hitting the windshield, & 3)your brains hitting your skull! She also said she would see them in there photo drivers license & not be able to recognize them after there accident!!!
After reading some of these post replies, you bet I'll be wearing my seatbelt all the time.............................thanks
2 times i reach to put my seat belt on. when i see a cop, and when i get on the highway. guess its better than nothing. i used to deliver food so the constant short trips around town and constant in and out of the car really made seat belts annoying. may be stupid but hey.
meh, ive been in a few accidents, and i have seen a few. Had I or the others not been wearing their seatbelt we would have died.
Shit a tree fell on our volvo. we hit the tree. airbags deployed. Had i not been wearing my seat belt i woulda been ejected through the windshield into a tree.
__________________
We all get the urge...Saturday early morning...nothing to do till noon... BMW FTW
The aural sensations of 1st gear WOT
**CGM **(Certified Garage Mechanic)