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1 in 7 adults still don't buckle up in US

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Old 01-06-2011, 06:33 PM
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85% of US nationally use Seatbelt,
http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2...all-time-high/
is there a law like Hong Kong and UK that you must use a Seatbelt all the time.
Old 01-06-2011, 08:00 PM
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Buddy of mine never wears it..pisses me off...at least he's forced to wear it in my car lol if he doesn't, it's annoying as SH*T

His Camry just has a flashing light
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A girlfriend of mine never wore hers either. The warning light was broken on her POS whatever-the-hell it was. Stupid.
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I actually saw the driver of a vehicle feeding her baby with a baby bottle.... the baby was in her lap!!!! The goofy thing about it was, there were 3 other adults in the car too.
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Originally Posted by CWS530
A girlfriend of mine...
Obviously it's not this one...
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Originally Posted by olskooldj
I actually saw the driver of a vehicle feeding her baby with a baby bottle.... the baby was in her lap!!!! The goofy thing about it was, there were 3 other adults in the car too.
this is very common in HK and the baby dose not have any seat belt on them
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All of the time I wear the belt, even if I am just pulling one of our vehicles out of the garage and into the driveway or vice versa.

One of my law firm partners refuses to wear one when he drives. I don't understand his logic quite frankly.
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Originally Posted by 530inOK
Obviously it's not this one...
Bahahaha! Great Pic!
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Originally Posted by one4thethumb
All of the time I wear the belt, even if I am just pulling one of our vehicles out of the garage and into the driveway or vice versa.

One of my law firm partners refuses to wear one when he drives. I don't understand his logic quite frankly.
maybe he never been in a crash and dont know how dangerous it is.
should show him some video of crash.
I remember I posted some video like this on the forum.
I bet the video will make him ware 1 after
here are some
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k94i2OOG7F0
"rear life"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFlsJcZjwzc
"filmed"

please get him to ware 1 if he loves his fife
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