Board 8 > How do you "forget" to put on your seat belt

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Like, I get not buckling up if you're going to really commit to it (I don't agree, but I get it I guess), but how do you forget? Isn't that just the first thing you do when you get in?

Also, pretty much every car yells at you if you aren't buckled and are the driver, some when being the passenger too.
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i hate wearing it, but i got accustomed to doing it routinely a few years ago
so sometimes i do forget
its a stupid law
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I don't
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LOLIAmAnAlt posted...

i hate wearing it, but i got accustomed to doing it routinely a few years ago
so sometimes i do forget
its a stupid law

The law serves multiple purposes. Firstly, being injured invites rescue and medical treatment which can endanger or inconvenience other individuals. Hospitals aren't allowed to say "This guy with three kids was stabbed and that single guy with no kids is only injured because he willfully wore no seatbelt", they're going to devote the resources to care first for whichever shows up at the hospital first.

Secondly, albeit more of a stretch, it ensures that, if you crash, and even if it's so bad you die instantly seat belt or no, you're not going to fly out of your car and cause additional damage to someone/something that otherwise wouldn't have been touched in the wreck.
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People forget

Memories even muscle memories don't always remind people.

How is that hard to understand.
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I used to wear it 100% of the time back home in Canada.

And then I moved to Korea and it's not really a thing here so I kinda forget sometimes.
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Chillglad posted...

The law serves multiple purposes. Firstly, being injured invites rescue and medical treatment which can endanger or inconvenience other individuals.

Their job has them on the go all day anyway. That's like saying the UPS guy is more at risk becasue he has 201 deliveries instead of 200
Chillglad posted...

Hospitals aren't allowed to say "This guy with three kids was stabbed and that single guy with no kids is only injured because he willfully wore no seatbelt", they're going to devote the resources to care first for whichever shows up at the hospital first.

Who is to say which life is more important? You don't know. The dad could be a deadbeat and the guy with no kids could be the sole provider for his disabled parents. If you are in a bad wreck seatbelt or not your going to the hospital anyway.

Chillglad posted...

Secondly, albeit more of a stretch, it ensures that, if you crash, and even if it's so bad you die instantly seat belt or no, you're not going to fly out of your car and cause additional damage to someone/something that otherwise wouldn't have been touched in the wreck.

No seatbelt saved this mans life.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nyou_eKlr0U
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LOLIAmAnAlt posted...

No seatbelt saved this mans life.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nyou_eKlr0U

For every "This person survived because they weren't wearing a seatbelt," there's like a dozen "This person survived because they were wearing their seatbelt."
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If you are regularly going 165 weaving between huge trucks, you have my permission to not wear your seatbelt
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LOLIAmAnAlt posted...

Chillglad posted...

The law serves multiple purposes. Firstly, being injured invites rescue and medical treatment which can endanger or inconvenience other individuals.

Their job has them on the go all day anyway. That's like saying the UPS guy is more at risk becasue he has 201 deliveries instead of 200

I mean, technically, that is literally true? I was talking more about overcrowding the hospital with people who could have avoided injury by wearing seatbelts, which stretches staff thin and lowers the quality of everyone's care, but there is a marginal increase to the danger of the first responders each additional time they have to save someone.
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Is this really a problem for anyone under the age of 35-40? Older people didn't have aggressive seatbelt campaigns though

what's the story here?
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StealThisSheen posted...

For every "This person survived because they weren't wearing a seatbelt," there's like a dozen "This person survived because they were wearing their seatbelt."

This^
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Asagi_Igawa posted...

People forget

Memories even muscle memories don't always remind people.

How is that hard to understand.

This. Like you might forget one time in a thousand. You're thinking of something else when you get in, you're distracted, whatever. It can happen
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LOLIAmAnAlt posted...

i hate wearing it, but i got accustomed to doing it routinely a few years ago
so sometimes i do forget
its a stupid law

lmao no
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Colegreen_c12 posted...

LOLIAmAnAlt posted...

i hate wearing it, but i got accustomed to doing it routinely a few years ago
so sometimes i do forget
its a stupid law

lmao no

lol ya :)
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I consider people who refuse to wear seat belts and demand that the seatbelt law be repealed to be on the same level as anti-vaxxers.

Harmful to themselves and everyone around them.
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XIII_rocks posted...

Asagi_Igawa posted...

People forget

Memories even muscle memories don't always remind people.

How is that hard to understand.

This. Like you might forget one time in a thousand. You're thinking of something else when you get in, you're distracted, whatever. It can happen

Yeah if something interrupts your routine before you buckle it's easy to forget.
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BowserCuffs posted...

I consider people who refuse to wear seat belts and demand that the seatbelt law be repealed to be on the same level as anti-vaxxers.

Harmful to themselves and everyone around them.

There are literally a million little dangerous things that someone can do that can be harmful to themselves and to other people around them. Should all of the other things have laws and fines attached to them? Sure, why not. lets go baby, let's regulate.

This is an argument that will never be settled and we will never see eye to eye.
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lol you're an alt
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LOLIAmAnAlt posted...

BowserCuffs posted...

I consider people who refuse to wear seat belts and demand that the seatbelt law be repealed to be on the same level as anti-vaxxers.

Harmful to themselves and everyone around them.

There are literally a million little dangerous things that someone can do that can be harmful to themselves and to other people around them. Should all of the other things have laws and fines attached to them? Sure, why not. lets go baby, let's regulate.

This is an argument that will never be settled and we will never see eye to eye.

99% of those "million little dangerous things" don't raise car insurance rates.

Nor do they involve operating a 2 ton hunk of metal at high speeds among other people
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StealThisSheen posted...

LOLIAmAnAlt posted...

BowserCuffs posted...

I consider people who refuse to wear seat belts and demand that the seatbelt law be repealed to be on the same level as anti-vaxxers.

Harmful to themselves and everyone around them.

There are literally a million little dangerous things that someone can do that can be harmful to themselves and to other people around them. Should all of the other things have laws and fines attached to them? Sure, why not. lets go baby, let's regulate.

This is an argument that will never be settled and we will never see eye to eye.

99% of those "million little dangerous things" don't raise car insurance rates.

They also aren't on the road every single day for hundreds of millions of people
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https://www.quora.com/What-happens-inside-my-brain-when-I-forget-something
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LOLIAmAnAlt posted...

BowserCuffs posted...

I consider people who refuse to wear seat belts and demand that the seatbelt law be repealed to be on the same level as anti-vaxxers.

Harmful to themselves and everyone around them.

There are literally a million little dangerous things that someone can do that can be harmful to themselves and to other people around them. Should all of the other things have laws and fines attached to them? Sure, why not. lets go baby, let's regulate.

This is an argument that will never be settled and we will never see eye to eye.

It's just a pity that in this case, it's my right to not be struck by a human missile trumping your desire to practice unsafe habits.
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BowserCuffs posted...

it's my right to not be struck by a human missile

oh ok

guess people should not have the right to ride a motorcycle either
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Solioxrz362 posted...

StealThisSheen posted...

LOLIAmAnAlt posted...

BowserCuffs posted...

I consider people who refuse to wear seat belts and demand that the seatbelt law be repealed to be on the same level as anti-vaxxers.

Harmful to themselves and everyone around them.

There are literally a million little dangerous things that someone can do that can be harmful to themselves and to other people around them. Should all of the other things have laws and fines attached to them? Sure, why not. lets go baby, let's regulate.

This is an argument that will never be settled and we will never see eye to eye.

99% of those "million little dangerous things" don't raise car insurance rates.

They also aren't on the road every single day for hundreds of millions of people

never go to india
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Yeah I don't see how naming India could possibly help any argument you are trying to make here.
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LOLIAmAnAlt posted...

Solioxrz362 posted...

StealThisSheen posted...

LOLIAmAnAlt posted...

BowserCuffs posted...

I consider people who refuse to wear seat belts and demand that the seatbelt law be repealed to be on the same level as anti-vaxxers.

Harmful to themselves and everyone around them.

There are literally a million little dangerous things that someone can do that can be harmful to themselves and to other people around them. Should all of the other things have laws and fines attached to them? Sure, why not. lets go baby, let's regulate.

This is an argument that will never be settled and we will never see eye to eye.

99% of those "million little dangerous things" don't raise car insurance rates.

They also aren't on the road every single day for hundreds of millions of people

never go to india

I've seen the roads there and they terrify me

Thank God that in the USA, each state has good road laws and regulations
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Solioxrz362 posted...

LOLIAmAnAlt posted...

Solioxrz362 posted...

StealThisSheen posted...

LOLIAmAnAlt posted...

BowserCuffs posted...

I consider people who refuse to wear seat belts and demand that the seatbelt law be repealed to be on the same level as anti-vaxxers.

Harmful to themselves and everyone around them.

There are literally a million little dangerous things that someone can do that can be harmful to themselves and to other people around them. Should all of the other things have laws and fines attached to them? Sure, why not. lets go baby, let's regulate.

This is an argument that will never be settled and we will never see eye to eye.

99% of those "million little dangerous things" don't raise car insurance rates.

They also aren't on the road every single day for hundreds of millions of people

never go to india

I've seen the roads there and they terrify me

Thank God that in the USA, each state has good road laws and regulations

yes but india doesn't

so your point is invalid

wait i don't get this logic either

I fail to see how you can't forget to do it? I am sure you have forgotten something before that you do on just as much or on more of a regular basis.
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LOLIAmAnAlt posted...

Solioxrz362 posted...

StealThisSheen posted...

LOLIAmAnAlt posted...

BowserCuffs posted...

I consider people who refuse to wear seat belts and demand that the seatbelt law be repealed to be on the same level as anti-vaxxers.

Harmful to themselves and everyone around them.

There are literally a million little dangerous things that someone can do that can be harmful to themselves and to other people around them. Should all of the other things have laws and fines attached to them? Sure, why not. lets go baby, let's regulate.

This is an argument that will never be settled and we will never see eye to eye.

99% of those "million little dangerous things" don't raise car insurance rates.

They also aren't on the road every single day for hundreds of millions of people

never go to india

...How is this an argument?
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I don't understand how anyone in the habit of wearing a seatbelt could forget to put it on for long. It's like if you normally wear a hat and forget to put it on, after a minute or two you will notice you aren't wearing it.

Seatbelts feel like something when they are fastened and if you aren't wearing one you should feel odd.
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KingButz posted...

I don't understand how anyone in the habit of wearing a seatbelt could forget to put it on for long. It's like if you normally wear a hat and forget to put it on, after a minute or two you will notice you aren't wearing it.

Seatbelts feel like something when they are fastened and if you aren't wearing one you should feel odd.

Oh yeah this I get. I have forgotten to put it on before, but I always put it on after a minute or so
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XIII_rocks posted...

KingButz posted...

I don't understand how anyone in the habit of wearing a seatbelt could forget to put it on for long. It's like if you normally wear a hat and forget to put it on, after a minute or two you will notice you aren't wearing it.

Seatbelts feel like something when they are fastened and if you aren't wearing one you should feel odd.

Oh yeah this I get. I have forgotten to put it on before, but I always put it on after a minute or so

Yeah I mean...

Even if I somehow forgot to put it on before starting the car, I wouldn't even be able to make it out of my parking spot before noticing it was missing.
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I don't understand why people don't wear them. I don't even notice mine after it's on, it's not even remotely inconvenient so I don't get why you wouldn't wear it

As my uncle would say, "Buckle up. I make no guarantees."
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redrocket_pub posted...

XIII_rocks posted...

KingButz posted...

I don't understand how anyone in the habit of wearing a seatbelt could forget to put it on for long. It's like if you normally wear a hat and forget to put it on, after a minute or two you will notice you aren't wearing it.

Seatbelts feel like something when they are fastened and if you aren't wearing one you should feel odd.

Oh yeah this I get. I have forgotten to put it on before, but I always put it on after a minute or so

Yeah I mean...

Even if I somehow forgot to put it on before starting the car, I wouldn't even be able to make it out of my parking spot before noticing it was missing.

This. I can honestly say I don't think I've forgotten to put on my seatbelt in the last 10+ years. Sometimes my routine gets messed up and I put it on after taking the car out of park. But it's always on by the time I start driving.
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I have never forgotten to wear it ever, and I wear it even for like feet of distance in a car because it just feels so weird to not be on.

Although it is on my official record that I have a ticket for not wearing a seatbelt because I was actually speeding but the cop was nice and gave me a lesser ticket
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WiggumFan267 posted...

I have never forgotten to wear it ever

How do you know?
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ShatteredElysium posted...

I don't understand why people don't wear them. I don't even notice mine after it's on, it's not even remotely inconvenient so I don't get why you wouldn't wear it

I'm pretty much in line with this thinking.

My best guess is it comes from a deeper issue where people can't be told what to do or how to live or whatever. Like they're expressing themselves or rebelling in some way.

Because there's absolutely zero logical reasoning which supports not wearing it.
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It feels like something when it's on and something else when it's off. People "forget" seatbelts and condoms for the same reason.
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I don't get it either, I don't feel right being in a car without the pressure of the seatbelt.
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I mean I can say for certain I've peed more times than I've put on a seat belt. And on occasion if something (read: my phone) happens to interfere with my routine, I catch myself about to leave the bathroom without flushing. The number of times I've caught this mistake at the last second, coupled with a general understanding of statistics/probability, leads me to assume that at least once (but totally more than that) I've left a bathroom without flushing.

The same is pretty applicable to putting on a seat belt.

However, the difference is that the feeling of not wearing a seat belt is a much more long-lived thing, as people have suggested. The duration of the average drive is much, much longer than the duration of the average trip to the restroom. So it's like, every second (or arbitrary unit of time) while driving you have a chance to realize your seat belt isn't on.

To go an entire drive without realizing it indicates either that you weren't taught to always wear a seat belt or that something is seriously, SERIOUSLY distracting you. Like life altering, life-or-death levels of distraction.
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I don't think I have ever forgotten?

Also, people complaining that they don't like wearing seatbelts...do you have boobs? Wearing a shoulder strap seatbelt? Cause if you don't, I don't understand what would be uncomfortable about seatbelts....
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