William Liao said:
I don't understand... why doesn't the US Department of Transportation just
make wearing of seatbelt mandatory for ALL occupants as long as the car is
travelling forward? That's what we have in Australia since the 70's and
frankly I think it's a bloody good law, I'm all up for it.
It is, in Washington you can get pulled over and get a $110 ticket for not
wearing it, doesn't mean everyone does it, though honestly if someone wants
to risk their life, I say let them.
I also like the idea of the seatbelt reminder in my 740 activating
continuously as long as the key's in the ignition and the driver belt's not
worn. True, it is a little annoying sometimes, but what is more important,
your patience or your life? I was disappointed that my cousin's S70 didn't
have this feature, the seatbelt reminder goes out on his car after a few
second.
The reminder in my 740 goes off after a few seconds, and thankfully so, my
grandpa had an old Thunderbird with the continuous buzzer, every time anyone
wanted to haul a box or something on the seat we had to belt it in to keep
the damn buzzer from going off continuously. I put my seatbelt on out of
habbit whenever I get in the car, sometimes I find myself doing it even to
move the car a few feet, I never understood the purpose of a reminder, I
mean yeah the car has seatbelts, they're supposed to be worn, no need to
"remind" me every time I get in.
The really silly thing are those motorized "passive" seatbelts where you get
in and the motorized shoulder strap zips back, nevermind if your face or
coffee cup happens to be in it's path, my friend ended up with stitches when
his finger somehow ended up in the track as it was coming back in an Escort.
My girlfriend's Saab has these ridiculous contraptions and we're keeping an
eye out in junkyards for an older one from which to salvage the standard
belts.
